PKPU Draft Regarding Candidacy For Regional Heads Allegedly Leaking To The Public

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Draft related to the Draft General Election Commission (PKPU) Regulation on the nomination of regional heads in the 2024 Pilkada contestation allegedly leaked and circulated in public on Saturday, August 24, morning.

Antara, reporting the draft PKPU which was allegedly leaked, said that the basis for making the PKPU was the Constitutional Court Decision Number 60/PUU-XXII/2024 and the Constitutional Court Decision Number 70/PUU-XXII/2024.

The Constitutional Court's decision number 60/PUU-XXII/2024 changed the nomination threshold for regional heads from 20 percent to 7.5 percent of vote acquisition in the previous legislative election, while the Constitutional Court's Decision Number 70/PUU-XXII/2024 determined that the age requirements for regional head candidates were taken at the time of determination by the General Elections Commission (KPU).

Previously, the KPU on Thursday, August 22, RI ensured that the registration of pairs of regional head candidates in the 2024 Pilkada would be guided by KPU regulations (PKPU) which had been equipped with new provisions in accordance with the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) which was read out on Tuesday (20/8).

"What is certain is that later on August 27' 29, when registration of regional head candidates in all regions in Indonesia, they will follow the rules or PKPUs in which the articles or decisions of the Constitutional Court have been included," said Chairman of the Indonesian KPU Mochammad Afifuddin at the KPU RI Office, Jakarta (22/8).

Afif also ensured that the Constitutional Court's decision adopted into the PKPU revised draft was not only a matter of candidate age requirements and the nomination threshold, but also included campaign rules in universities which were also amended by the Constitutional Court.

Meanwhile, the draft PKPU, which is suspected of being leaked, contains regulations related to the threshold for nominating regional heads, which are regulated in Article 11 paragraph 1.

For example, Article 11 paragraph 1 point a (1) states that for provincial elections with a population of more than 6,000,000 (six million) people to 12,000,000 (twelve million) people, political parties participating in the election or a combination of political parties participating in the election must obtain at least 7.5 percent of valid votes in the province.

Regarding the age of the candidate for regional head, Article 15 of the PKPU is regulated and refers to the Constitutional Court Decision Number 70/PUU-XXII/2024. Article 15 reads "The minimum age requirement is 30 (three) years for Candidates for Governor and Deputy Governor and 25 (twenty five) years for Candidates for Regents and Deputy Regents or Deputy Mayor Candidates as referred to in Article 14 paragraph (2) letter d as of the determination of Candidate Pair".