Cakada Registration To KPU Starting Tomorrow, Commission II Of The DPR Asks For Legislation To Be Immediately Enacted

DPR-MPR Building. (Dino Januarsa-Unsplash)

JAKARTA - Commission II of the DPR RI requested that Bawaslu regulations be promulgated immediately, considering that the registration time for regional head candidates for the 2024 Pilkada will begin tomorrow at the KPU. This was conveyed by the Chairman of Commission II of the DPR Ahmad Doli Kurnia regarding the Hearing Meeting with the Chairman of the KPU, Chairman of Bawaslu, Chairperson of the DKPP, and the Director General of Politics and General Government of the Ministry of Home Affairs regarding the discussion of the Draft KPU Regulation on Voting Equipment Equipment, Other Equipment Equipment, Regional Head Election Campaign, and Regional Head Election Campaign Funds at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Monday, August 26, today. The DPR meeting, government and election organizers were held as a follow-up of the consignment carried out on Sunday, August 25, yesterday. It is known, in that the DPR RI Commission II approved the Draft Regulation of the General Election Commission Regulation (PKPU) Number 8 of 2024 concerning the registration of regional head nominations (cakada) which had adopted the Constitutional Court decision (MK) Number 60/PUUU-XXIII/2024 and 70/PUUUU-XII/2024. "The first KPU revision must be back to back with the Bawaslu regulation on the supervision of the nomination. So we checked," he continued. Because the PKPU has been revised based on the decision of the MPU Number 60/70, continued Doli, then the Bawaslu Regulation follows the decision. Second, he said, is the Bawaslu regulation regarding the handling of election implementation. The third is the Bawaslu regulation. The first is the Bawaslu regulation regarding the supervision of voter data. "Alhamdullah already agreed to stay in harmonization alone, usually between the PKPU and Bawaslu after this they have a harmonization between the two institutions. After this, they will be accompanied by DKPP, "explained Doli explained.

For the time when the Perbawaslu was promulgated, Doli said, his party asked for it immediately. Because, he said, tomorrow the KPU will have started to open registration for the 2024 Pilkada.

"It is true that what needs to be promulgated is the Bawaslu regulation immediately related to the supervision of the candidacy, because the nomination is only tomorrow, so I think today must be promulgated immediately," said Doli. "But if the others are still sufficient because logistics will be used later on November 27. Then if the campaign will be carried out after the appointment of candidates, at the end of September," added the Golkar politician. In addition to the issue of PKPU and Perbawaslu, Commission II of the DPR together with the Government and election organizers also scheduled the discussion of the KPU Letter regarding the Schedule for the Inauguration of Candidate Pairs in the 2024 Pilkada for Calculation of Candidates at the Time of Registration. Then, discussion of the Draft Perbawaslu concerning Handling of Regional Head Election Violations, Supervision of Regional Head Election Nomination, and Supervision of Regional Head Election Candidacy.