JAKARTA - The Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg), Pratikno, has denied the opinion that regional head elections (Pilkada) will be held simultaneously in 2024 in order to hinder Anies Baswedan.
A number of parties consider that the elections held in 2024 are intended to make Anies lose his electability after the Jakarta governor's term ends in 2022. Anies has lost prestige for two years before advancing in the 2024 elections.
"Nothing (the government wants the 2024 regional elections to hinder Anies)", Pratikno said in a YouTube broadcast by the Presidential Secretariat, Tuesday, February 16.
President Joko Widodo, said Pratikno, rejected the revision of the Election Law (RUU Pemilu) proposed by the House of Representatives (DPR RI). In the Election Bill, the election schedule is normalized. The 2017 elections will be continued in 2022, the 2018 ones will be continued in 2023.
The reason is that Law Number 10 of 2016 concerning regional elections has regulated the Election Provisions to be held simultaneously in November 2024. Pratikno wants to carry out the mandate of the Law which was passed since 2016.
"Remember, the Law was enacted in 2016, the Governor of DKI at that time was still the Minister of Education and Culture. So, it has nothing to do with it", said Pratikno.
"We want to return that the law had been enacted in 2016 and we have not implemented it, let us implement it. Do not let it create uncertainty", he added.
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