KPU: Elected Candidates Are Not Required To Resign If They Participate In The 2024 Pilkada

Illustration of the 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - KPU: Elected Legislative Candidates Are Not Required To Resign If They Participate In The 2024 Pilkada

"It is not mandatory to resign from office. Isn't it inaugurated and in office, what position has he resigned from?" said Hasyim in his statement, Sunday, May 12.

He explained that the elected candidates who had to resign from their positions were members of the DPR/DPD/DPRD for the provincial/district/city ranks of the 2019 General Election and were re-elected in the 2024 General Election.

"So the person concerned resigned from the position he is currently occupied," he explained.

In considering the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) Number 12/PUU-XXII/2024 it is important for the KPU to require candidates for DPR members, DPD members, and elected DPRD members who run for regional heads to make a statement that they are willing to resign if they have been officially inaugurated as members of the DPR, DPD members, and DPRD members if they continue to run as regional heads.

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: Fulfilling the requirements for support for individual candidate pairs;

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

5. On 24-26 August 2024: Announcement of registration of candidate pairs;

6. On 27-29 August 2024: Registration of candidate pairs;

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

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

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

10. On 27 November 2024: Implementation of voting;

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