Supporters Of Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates Are Prohibited From Bringing Campaign Attributes In The Debate Of The Presidential Election Except For Being Attached To The Body

Set the stage for the first presidential candidate in the courtyard of the KPU building/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOU

The General Elections Commission (KPU) prohibits all supporters of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates who are present as invited to the 2024 presidential election debate to bring the campaign props or attributes to the event location.

"During the debate, as we know here, supporters are not allowed to bring campaign materials and campaign props," said KPU chairman Hasyim Asy'ari at the KPU office, Jalan Imam Bonjol, Central Jakarta, Monday, December 11.

However, the KPU allowed all invitations to wear campaign attributes attached to its body. Meanwhile, props such as posters, banners, flags, and others are prohibited from being brought into the debate arena.

"Once entering the arena, a team from the KPU will certainly conduct a kind of screening or sterilization to ensure that no campaign tools are carried by the support team. The other is allowed, which is attached to the body, such as clothes, clothes, lah," explained Hasyim.

The KPU held its inaugural debate for the 2024 presidential election in the courtyard of the Indonesian KPU office, Jalan Imam Bonjol, Central Jakarta. The debate on Tuesday, December 12 is scheduled to take place starting at 19.00 WIB.

The KPU prepared the inaugural debate venue with a circular design like a tribune in a football stadium. The capacity of the debate venue built in the KPU yard is a townhall model that can accommodate up to 800 people. The debate stage looks circular, with the audience sitting higher like a tribune in a football stadium.

In each debate, the capacity of the invitation for each candidate team that can attend the debate is a maximum of 75 people. However, the number of these invitations is outside the presidential and vice-presidential candidates and the general chairman of the supporting party along with the secretary general.

The theme of the inaugural debate which will be held tomorrow raises the theme of law and human rights, government, eradication of corruption, strengthening democracy, improving public services, and harmony of citizens.

Meanwhile, the second debate held on Friday, December 22, 2023, raised the theme of the people's economy, digital economy, finance, investment, taxes, trade, management of the APBN/APBD, infrastructure, and urban areas.

The third debate on Sunday, January 7, 2024, has the theme defense, security, international relations, and geopolitical relations. The fourth debate on Sunday, January 21, 2024, has the theme of sustainable development, natural resources (SDA), environmental, energy, food, agrarians for indigenous peoples and villages.

Furthermore, the fifth or last debate was held on Sunday, February 4, 2024, which raised the theme of social welfare, culture, education, information technology, health, employment, human resources, and inclusion.

In its implementation, the debate will last for 150 minutes. Especially the debate session lasted for 120 minutes, and the remaining 30 minutes of advertising shows. Debate is divided into six segments.

"The first segment of the opening, reading the rules, conveying vision and mission and work programs. The second and third segments deepen the vision and mission and work programs. There will be questions and interactions between pairs of candidates and other pairs of candidates," explained August.

"The fourth and fifth segments ask questions and responses. There will be a process of interaction, response, asking questions from the candidate pairs and responding by other pairs of candidates. The sixth segment is closing," he continued.