Anies-Imin And Prabowo-Gibran's Last Akbar Campaign Both In Jakarta, KPU: No Problem

KPU press conference (Photo: Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia announced the schedule for the general meeting campaign or the grand campaign of the presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the 2024 General Election. On the last day of the grand campaign, two candidate pairs will hold a campaign at the same location, namely Jakarta. Presidential and vice-presidential candidates number 1 Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar will campaign at the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) and presidential and vice-presidential candidates number 2 Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka at Gelora Bung Karno (GBK). However, the KPU does not see this as a problem. "In principle, there is no problem," said KPU RI Commissioner August Mellaz at the KPU RI office, Jalan Imam Bonjol, Central Jakarta, Friday, January 19. August explained that the KPU coordinated with the police to maintain the smooth campaign of each presidential and vice-presidential candidate. Coordination meetings are held regularly. "At the end of January, we will schedule a coordination meeting between the candidate pair team, the KPU, and the police. We have communicated intensively with the police, including one of them related to how to engineer the flow," said Mellaz. August explained that the KPU provided flexibility for the three presidential and vice-presidential candidates to determine the location of the special grand campaign for the last three days of the campaign period. "Especially for the last 3 days, there has been a request to then be given flexibility. So, it can be projected that there must be a meeting point," explained Mellaz. It is known that the KPU has set a schedule for grand campaigns or general meetings for 2024 presidential election participants. This determination is stated in KPU Decree Number 78 of 2024 regarding the grand campaign zone which will start on January 21 to February 7, 2024. "The election campaign through the method of general meetings of political parties and pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates are divided into three zones," wrote the KPU rules. In the distribution, zones A and B consist of 13 provinces each, while zone C consists of 12 provinces. Here's the grouping: - Zone A 1. Aceh 2. Riau 3. Bengkulu 4. Riau Islands 5. Central Java 6. Banten 7. East Nusa Tenggara 8. South Kalimantan 9. North Sulawesi 10. Southeast Sulawesi 11. Maluku 12. West Papua 13. Papua Mountains - Zone B 1. North Sumatra 2. Jambi 3. Lampung 4. DKI Jakarta 5. DI Yogyakarta 6. Bali 7. West Kalimantan 8. East Kalimantan 9. Central Sulawesi 10. Gorontalo 11. North Maluku 12. South Papua 13. Southwest Papua Zone C: 1. West Sumatra 2. South Sumatra 3. Bangka Belitung Islands 4. West Java 5. East Java 6. West Nusa Tenggara 7. Central Kalimantan 8. North Kalimantan 9. South Sulawesi 10. West Sulawesi 11. Papua 12. Central Papua The KPU has also determined the location of the grand campaign three days before the quiescent period or on February 8 to February 10, 2024. The following is the schedule: February 8, 2024 - Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, campaign in West Java - Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, campaign in Central Java - Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD, campaign in East Java February 9, 2024 - Anies-Cak Imin, campaign in East Java (Sidoarjo) - Prabowo-Gibran, campaign in East Java (Surabaya) - Ganjar-Mahfud, campaign in DKI Jakarta February 10, 2024 - Anies-Cak Imin, campaign in DKI Jakarta (JIS) - Prabowo-Gibran, campaign in DKI Jakarta (GBK) - Ganjar-Mahfud, campaign in Central Java.