The Minister Of Home Affairs Proposes That The Regional Head Of The 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Election Results Be Inaugurated In 2025, Why?

Minister Of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian proposed the first inauguration of regional heads as a result of the 2024 Pilkada to be held on January 1 next year.

He said this was to get around the lawsuit that would be filed by regional head candidates after voting with the Constitutional Court (MK).

"Our proposal later is that this regional election will be carried out in stages. So what there is no dispute, the lawsuit, we take the lead is January 1, 2025," Tito told reporters at the KPK's Merah Putih building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Monday, July 8.

The Law Number 10 of 2016 concerning Regional Head Elections states that regional head inauguration will be held simultaneously. However, Tito said this process might be delayed because the lawsuit in the Constitutional Court could last a long time.

For example, he continued, the dispute over the results of the Yalimo Regency Pilkada in the Constitutional Court took up to one year and three months.

"It's impossible for us to go to the inauguration, how come there are people who are not inducted," he said.

"We make, if we are the Ministry of Home Affairs, we propose the name of the simultaneous inauguration in stages, starting January 1, 2025," continued the former National Police Chief.

Tito explained that this proposal could not just be taken. There must be further discussions with Commission II of the DPR, the General Election Commission (KPU), the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu), and the Election Organizers Honorary Council (DKPP).

"We made the first batch which there was no dispute. This is not final, but the proposal from the Ministry of Home Affairs will be discussed later," he said.

For information, the 2024 Pilkada voting will take place on November 27. People in 37 provinces and 508 regencies/cities will exercise their voting rights to elect a new regional head.