KPU: Elected Legislative Candidates Must Resign If They Advance For The 2024 Pilkada

DPR Commission II Working Meeting With KPU/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

The General Election Commission (KPU) stated that candidates for legislative members elected for the 2024 General Election must submit a letter of willingness to resign if they run as pairs of candidates for regional heads in the 2024 Pilkada.

KPU chairman Hasyim Asy'ari said the resignation was so that there would be clarity regarding the status of the candidate.

Hasyim explained, according to the rules in Article 19 of the RPKPU regarding the nomination of the election, then if the elected candidate is designated as a candidate pair for regional head, the legislative candidate must send a letter to the KPU which contains his willingness to resign from the status of the elected candidate.

"So that once the provincial, district/city KPU has determined the person concerned as a candidate or candidate for the Pilkada participant on September 22, 2024, the person concerned must immediately submit a letter of resignation as an elected candidate," said Hasyim in a working meeting with Commission II of the DPR at the parliament complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, May 15.

"So that the path taken is clear, whether to become a candidate for regional head or a member of the DPR, DPD," he continued.

Hasyim said the letter of resignation must be submitted to the KPU no later than 5 days after being appointed as a candidate pair.

In addition, he said, there must also be a receipt from the official in charge of submitting the resignation letter.

"The certificate that the resignation letter as referred to is in the process and is being processed by the competent authority," he concluded.

For information, registration of candidate pairs for regional heads is opened on August 27-29, 2024. Furthermore, the KPU will conduct research and document verification.

Then after that, the KPU will determine the candidate pair for regional head on September 22, 2024. Meanwhile, the inauguration of members of the DPR and DPD will be held on October 1, 2024.