KPU: 2024 Pilkada Debate Held Maximum 3 Times In Each Region

Member of the Indonesian KPU August Mellaz during the Public Test of the PKPU Draft on the Pilkada Campaign and the PKPU Draft for the Pilkada Campaign Fund at the Jakarta KPU Office, Friday (2/8/2024). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Member of the General Elections Commission (KPU) August Mellaz said the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Election debate would be held a maximum of three times in their respective provinces or districts/cities.

"As regulated in Article 19 in this draft regulation, it is related to public debate or open debate with candidate pairs. In the context, if the information is, the election campaign debate is held three times at most," said Mellaz during a Public Test of the PKPU Draft on Regional Head Election Campaigns and the Draft PKPU for Regional Election Campaign Funds at the KPU RI Office, Jakarta, Friday, August 2, confiscated by Antara.

"Debats are prioritized to be held in their respective provinces or regencies and cities," he continued.

He acknowledged that there were a number of problems in the previous period of regional election debates, such as less supportive infrastructure to other relatively non-uniform needs.

Even so, the implementation of the regional election debate is prioritized in each province or district/city where the regional elections are held.

Meanwhile, RI KPU member Idham Holik explained that the debate for the candidate pairs for regional heads and deputy regional heads will be fully regulated by the Provincial KPU, Aceh KIP and KPU KIP Regency/City throughout Indonesia which organizes regional elections.

"Later, the schedule will be regulated by each regional KPU," said Idham.

The following is the schedule for the 2024 Pilkada:

1. On 27 February 16 November 2024: Notification and registration of election monitor;2. On 24 April 31 May 2024: Submission of a list of potential voters;3. On 5 May August 19, 2024: Fulfillment of the support requirements for individual candidate pairs; 4. On 31 May 23 September 2024: Updating and compiling of a list of voters;5. On 24 26 August 2024: Announcement of candidate pair registration;6. On 2729 August 2024: Candidate pair registration; 7. On 27 August 21 September 2024: candidate requirements research; 8. On 22 September 2024: Determination of candidate pairs; 9. On 25 September 23 November 2024: campaign implementation; 10. On 27 November 2024: voting implementation; and 11. On 27 November December 2024: vote count and recapitulation of vote count results.