KPU Has Not Decided On The Debate Location Between Cak Imin, Gibran And Mahfud MD

The location of the inaugural debate for the presidential candidate at the KPU Building, Tuesday 12 December (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) has not yet decided the location of the debate between the vice presidential candidate (cawapres) to be held on December 22, 2023. The location of the debate will be discussed and decided with the KPU with the polling pool of debate organizers. This second debate will bring together cawapres number 1 Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin), cawapres number 2 Gibran Rakabuming Raka and cawapres number 3 Mahfud MD. "For tomorrow's location we will meet with the TV pool of organizers because there are several proposals," said KPU member August Mellaz in his statement, Thursday, December 14. The television station that will hold or broadcast the debate of the two presidential elections is BTV (Beritasatu TV), TransTV, Trans7, CNN Indonesia, and Kompas TV. If the inaugural debate is held in the courtyard of the KPU office, Menteng, then the second debate will be held at one of the hotels in Jakarta. "In the hotel, in Jakarta," said August. In addition, August said, the panelist of the vice presidential debate will be different from the panelist of the presidential debate. This, he said, because the theme of the debate is different so it is necessary to look for experts who understand and experts on the theme of the debate that was raised. Only, said August, the KPU has not yet decided on this second debate panelist. "Not yet (defined the name of the panelist of debate), we will decide soon if we have a timeline, for example if we have a timeline, namely Muhaimin Iskandar, Gibran Rakabuming Raka and Mahfud MD.

The themes raised are related to the economy (regular economy and digital economy), finance, tax investment, trade, management of the APBN-APBD, infrastructure, and urban affairs. Debates will last for 150 minutes with details of 120 minutes for debate and 30 minutes for advertising. Debates consist of 6 segments, ranging from the segment of presentation of vision, mission and program, deepening, questions and questions and objections as well as closing.