Prabowo-Gibran Becomes The Last Paslon To Come, KPU Closes Registration In The Middle Of The Night

KPU Office On Jalan Imam Bonjol, Jakarta/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - The registration period for presidential and vice presidential candidates for the 2024 General Election will end at midnight. This election stage is open from 19 October 2023.

Chairman of the General Elections Commission (KPU) Hasyim Asy'ari said it is likely that there will be no more presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the coalition of parties who will register after Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka this afternoon.

"On the last day, today, October 25, 2023, registration is open until 23.59 WIB. It seems that this is over, no more coalition of political parties will come," said Hasyim at the KPU office, Jalan Imam Bonjol, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, October 25.

Hasyim explained that the presidential and vice presidential candidates who will participate in the presidential election must be promoted by parties or coalitions of political parties that have seats in parliament at least 20 percent or votes in the 2024 General Election at least 25 percent.

Meanwhile, currently all parties that passed the DPR parliament in the 2019 Election have joined the coalition of the third supporting party for the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

Among them Prabowo and Gibran were promoted by the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM) consisting of the Gerindra Party, the Golkar Party, PAN, the Democratic Party, the Crescent Star Party (PBB), the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), the Garuda Party, the Gelora Party, and the Prima Party.

Meanwhile, PDIP, the United Development Party (PPP), Perindo, and the Hanura Party carried Ganjar Pranowo and Mahfud MD as pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election.

Meanwhile, Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar have been promoted by the NasDem Party, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), and the National Awakening Party (PKB).

"There are already 14 political parties participating in the 2019 Election who have also qualified as participants in the 2024 General Election, have used their opportunities to register prospective pairs of candidates," explained Hasyim.

"Thus, there are no more political parties participating in the 2019 Election who are also the remaining participants in the 2024 General Election, who have not registered a candidate pair for president-vice president," he added.