The 6th PKB Congress Recommends The Implementation Time Of The Pileg-Pilpres Separated And Lowers The Threshold Of The Presidential Election

The 6th National Awakening Party (PKB) Congress in Nusa Dua, Bali, Sunday 25 August 2024 (Diah Ayu/VOI)

NUSA Dua - Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (PKB) issued a recommendation for the discussion of the 6th Congress. The external recommendations that were initiated were the proposed separation of the timing of the legislature elections and the presidential-vice presidential elections separated. Deputy Secretary General of PKB Syaiful Huda said that his party hoped that the time of the stages of the legislative and presidential elections could be held in the 2029 election. "So yesterday's election, February 14 this year, is still the same between legislative elections and presidential elections. PKB encourages the results of the congress to agree on the presidential election and legislative elections we encourage, we suggest, there is a revision of the bill package with the option of separation," said Huda after the congress, Nusa Dua, Bali, Sunday, August 25. Then, the results of the recommendation of the PKB Congress also proposed that the presidential and vice presidential nomination threshold be lowered from 20 percent. "So this is a joint decision at our congress this time how we have a concert on world peace, namely we want to urge the United Nations to really take firm steps against Israel and immediately recognize Palestine as a country," he explained. Uhuhayatul.

Furthermore, PKB also asked the government to firmly eradicate online gambling and online loans. Given, these two problems are becoming social anxiety. "This step must also be accompanied by literacy for the community, digital literacy and financial literacy for all levels of society. So that we not only prohibit but also conduct education to the community. So this is in line with everything," he added.