Quota Of The Paslon Teamses That Can Be Present During The Debate Of Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates Is 75 People

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The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia has increased the capacity of invitees for the success team (timses) of each pair of candidates (paslon) who can attend the presidential candidate (candidate) and vice presidential candidate (cawapres) debate by a maximum of 75 people.

Previously, timses from each candidate received 50 seats. However, after being recalculated, the capacity of invited guests can reach 800 people.

"We finally calculated that each candidate can bring 75 people. All of the three candidate pairs means 225 people," said KPU Commissioner August Mellaz at the Indonesian KPU, Jakarta, Saturday, December 9.

Mellaz added that the remaining quotas will be used for invited guests from the KPU, namely, the TNI Commander, the National Police Chief, Bawaslu, and DKPP.

"The rest are invitations from the KPU for ministries and institutions for organizers, other invited guests such as ambassadors," he said.

For your information, the stage design during the presidential and vice-presidential debate will be made circular with higher audience seats such as the football stadium stands.

The purpose of the stage design is made like that so that every eye of the audience can easily see each presidential and vice presidential candidate who will argue.

As for the schedule for the implementation of the debate, the KPU made a series of debates take place in Jakarta in succession.

The following is the schedule and debate of presidential and vice-presidential candidates in the 2024 General Election:

First Debate, Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Theme: Law and Human Rights, Government, Eradication of Corruption, Strengthening Democracy, Improvement of Public Services, and Community Harmony.

Second Debate, Friday, December 22, 2023

Theme: Economical Economy, Digital Economy, Finance, Investment, Tax, Trade, Management of APBN/APBD, Infrastructure, and urban areas.

Third debate, Sunday, January 7, 2024

Theme: Defense, Security, International Relations, And Geopoliticals

Fourth Debate, Sunday, January 21, 2024

Theme: Sustainable Development, Natural Resources (SDA), Environment, Energy, Food, Agrarians of Indigenous Peoples and Villages.

Fifth Debate, Sunday, February 4, 2024

Theme: Social Welfare, Culture, Education, Information Technology, Health, Manpower, Human Resources, and Inclusion.