Muhaimin Regarding The PKB Kans 'Back Up The Support Agency' Anies: We've Joined KIM, We'll See The Developments Later

PKB Chairman Muhaimin Iskandar/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar emphasized that his party position carried Ridwan Kamil-Suswono in the Jakarta gubernatorial election with the Advanced Indonesia Coalition (KIM).

"We have joined the KIM coalition, we will see the progress," said Cak Imin to reporters at the Widya Chandra complex, Jakarta, Wednesday, August 21.

The Constitutional Court's decision regarding the threshold requirements for the 2024 Pilkada nomination had given Anies Baswedan a breath of fresh air, including PDIP, a political party left alone by KIM Plus.

But recently, within 24 hours, the DPR reversed the situation by revising the Pilkada Law. The DPR denies annulling the Constitutional Court's decision regarding the threshold for political party requirements to carry candidates for the Pilkada, but claims to have adopted the decision according to the decision of the Supreme Court.

On the latest political map, PDIP emphasized that it will continue to register candidates for governors and vice governors of Jakarta based on the Constitutional Court's decision, not the revision of the Pilkada Law at the DPR Baleg.

As previously reported, one of the crucial contents of the Pilkada Bill agreed by the DPR and the Government is the amendment to Article 40 of the Pilkada Law which accommodates some decisions of the Constitutional Court which amend the provisions of the election nomination threshold, by imposing it only for non-parlement parties or not having seats in the DPRD.

Meanwhile, parties that have seats in the DPRD will still follow the old rules, namely at least 20 percent of the DPRD seats or 25 percent of the valid votes acquired.

The following are the provisions of Article 40 that have been changed:

(1) Political parties or coalitions of political parties that have DPRD seats can register candidates if they meet the requirements for obtaining at least 20 percent of the total number of DPRD seats or 25 percent of the accumulated valid votes in the general election of DPRD members in the area concerned.

(2) Political parties or coalitions of political parties that do not have seats in the provincial DPRD can register candidates for governor and deputy governor candidates with the following conditions:

a. Provinces with a population of up to 2,000,000 people, political parties or coalitions of political parties participating in the election must get a valid vote of at least 10 percent in the province.

Previously, the Constitutional Court decided on a crucial decision related to the stages of nomination of regional heads, namely Decision Number 60/PUU/XXII/2024 which changed the threshold for the nomination of political parties or coalitions of political parties to carry the pairs of candidates for regional heads and candidates for deputy regional heads.