Convinced That There Will Be No Hard Frictions For Political Parties In The Election, KPU Chair: Opponents Can Be Friends In The Pilkada

Declaration Of Peace 3 pairs of presidential and vice-presidential candidates at the KPU (Photo: Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) Hasyim Asy'ari believes that holding the 2024 presidential and legislative elections during the 2024 election campaign period will not be marked by strong friction from political parties. Because, according to Hasyim, political parties that become political opponents because of different coalitions in the 2024 General Election may join a coalition in the 2024 Pilkada. "Basically, what is currently in (the presidential and legislative elections) February 14, 2024, will become political opponents, maybe later political friends in the regional elections," said Hasyim in the 2024 Election Peace Campaign Declaration at the KPU RI office, Central Jakarta, Monday, November 27. The KPU has determined that the 2024 election campaign period will take place from November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024. Voting is scheduled to be held on February 14, 2024. During this stage, political parties will compete to win seats in parliament and win their presidential and vice presidential candidates. However, within 35 days, the results of the votes acquired by all political parties and vice presidential candidates have been determined. From here, all political parties will again try to get tickets to nominate a candidate for regional head in the 2024 Pilkada with a threshold of 20 percent of seats or 25 percent of the DPRD's valid votes.

"We believe the friction will not occur hard because once on March 20, each of them will check whether they get a minimum vote or seat limit for the nomination of regional heads. If not, then they must look for partners looking for friends to form a coalition or get a combination in the nomination of regional heads," explained Hasyim. "If in the 2024 election the place is for the legislative election, the friction of the competition is hard, it will definitely be difficult to find friends for the nomination of regional heads," he continued.