Bawaslu: Panwascam With Good Performance Will Continue Until The 2024 Pilkada

Chairman Of The Indonesian Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja/ Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of the Republic of Indonesia said it would select the District Supervisory Committee (Panwascam) in the next week as a preparation for the 2024 simultaneous regional elections.

Chairman of the Indonesian Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja said that Panwascam, who did not have a good performance during the 2024 General Election, would be selected or not continue to serve in the Pilkada.

"If within the next week according to the superior's assessment, according to the performance assessment, according to the results that have been carried out, supervision, the person concerned is not performing, then we will conduct a selection," said Bagja at the Indonesian Bawaslu Building, Jakarta, Sunday.

Meanwhile, Bagja said that for Panwascam, who has good performance, it will continue to serve in the Pilkada.

Therefore, he said that recruitment would be carried out if there were Panwascams who could not return to duty.

However, he admitted that he could not predict whether there would be many Panwascams that would not be continued for the Pilkada.

"We don't know. I (Bawaslu RI) do not reach Panwascam, I am the Provincial Bawaslu and Bawaslu of the Regency/City. If Panwascam, Bawaslu friends of the Regency/City, there is (regulation in) the law as well," he said.

So, he continued, Bawaslu does have a range of tiered control related to the Panwascam selection.

"So, yes, we still have a range of control, but the name is tiered. Bawaslu is tiered, hierarchy," he explained.

As for him, he explained that the replacement of Provincial and Regency/City Bawaslu members was not carried out. However, if necessary, it will go through the Honorary Council of Election Organizers (DKPP) RI.

Previously, the General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia officially launched the stages of holding the 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada at Prambanan Temple, Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region, Sunday (31/3).

The following is the schedule for the 2024 Pilkada:

1. On 27 February 16 November 2024: Notification and registration of election monitoring;

2. On April 24 May 31, 2024: Submission of a list of potential voters;

3. On May 5, August 19, 2024: Fulfillment of the requirements for support for individual candidate pairs;

4. On May 31, September 23, 2024: Updating and drafting of the voter list;

5. On August 24, 2024: Announcement of registration of candidate pairs;

6. On 27'29 August 2024: Candidate registration;

7. On 27 August 21 September 2024: Research on candidate requirements;

8. On September 22, 2024: Determination of candidate pairs;

9. On September 25, November 23, 2024: Campaign implementation;

10. On 27 November 2024: Implementation of voting; and

11. On 27 November December 16, 2024: Counting of votes and recapitulation of vote count results.