DKI Provincial Government Guarantees The Deactivation Of NIK Jakarta Residents Living Outside Regions Does Not Prevent The Right To Choose Pilkada

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will disable the population identification number (NIK) of Jakarta residents who live outside the area in the near future.

Meanwhile, in November, the General Elections Commission (KPU) will carry out a simultaneous 2024 Pilkada voting.

Head of the DKI Jakarta Population and Civil Registration Agency, Budi Awaluddin, guarantees that the deactivation of the NIK does not hinder the right to vote on regional elections for Jakarta residents who already live outside the city.

"In this deactivation, the political rights of those affected by this policy are not blocked. So it remains safe," Budi said in his statement, Wednesday, June 26.

Budi explained that the database for the preparation of a fixed voter list (DPT) is an ID card, so that their voting rights will not be deleted immediately if they are affected by the deactivation of the NIK.

Meanwhile, the DKI Provincial Government has only disabled around 130 thousand NIK specifically for residents who have died and RTs that no longer exist.

"So still the DPT which has now been set at 8.3 million has no effect. If we deactivate the NIK, it will not affect the existing DPT except those who have moved," explained Budi.

"Those who move must adjust to where they choose according to their ID cards," he continued.

NIK owners who are currently included in the queue list to be deleted can also file a rebuttal to the Dukcapil post in the village.

Budi explained that more than 213 thousand residents who no longer live in Jakarta have moved population administration according to their current domicile outside the city.

"They consciously moved their residence documents according to their domicile. They were warned at the residents' data. Then they moved them consciously," he added.