The Honorarium Of KPPS In The 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Elections Is Down, This Time It's Only IDR 850-900 Thousand

Head of the Human Resources, Organization, Education and Training and Research and Development Division of the Indonesian KPU Parsadaan Harahap during a press conference at the DKI Jakarta KPU, Tuesday (17/9/2024). BETWEEN/Lifia Mawaddah Putri.

JAKARTA - Member of the Indonesian KPU Parsadaan Harahap revealed that the honorarium for members of the Voting Organizing Group (KPPS) is around Rp. 850 thousand. Meanwhile, the chairman position reached Rp. 900 thousand for the 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada.

This figure is down compared to the honorarium of the KPPS for the 2024 Simultaneous Elections in February. In the 2024 Simultaneous Elections, the chairman of the KPPS was entitled to an honorarium of IDR 1.2 million and a member of the KPPS of IDR 1.1 million.

"For the implementation of the regional elections through a ministerial decree, it was approved at IDR 900 thousand for the chairman and members of 850 thousand," said Parsadaan after the launch of the 2024 Pilkada KPPS recruitment stage at the DKI Jakarta KPU Office, Antara, Tuesday, September 17.

According to him, the decrease in honorarium is based on the consideration that the workload of the 2024 Pilkada KPPS is not as heavy as the 2024 Simultaneous Elections.

In the 2024 Simultaneous Elections, KPPS was faced with five ballot boxes which they had to count in 24 hours, namely the ballot boxes for the presidential election, the legislative elections of the DPR, the DPD, the provincial DPRD, and the district/city DPRD.

Meanwhile, in the 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada, the KPPS will face only two ballot boxes, namely the gubernatorial-deputy regional election and the mayor-deputy mayor or regent-deputy regent.

However, in the 2024 Pilkada, the KPPS on duty at each polling station will serve up to a maximum of 600 voters. This number is twice as high as the TPS capacity in the 2024 Simultaneous Elections which can be filled with at most 300 voters.

In addition, Parsadaan said that in accordance with these conditions, the letter issued by the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani regarding the determination of honorarium money was different.

"We ask that these journalists can be conveyed to the public so that the public knows from the beginning the honorarium received with a working period of approximately one month," he said.

Previously, the General Elections Commission as a whole recruited 3,045,623 members of the polling group (KPPS) during the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Election.

Based on temporary voter data (DPS) for the 2024 Pilkada, these KPPS members will be distributed in 435,089 polling stations (TPS) to serve around 203,290,554 voters.

The following are the stages and schedules for the 2024 Pilkada KPPS recruitment which are regulated through KPU Decree Number 475 of 2024, namely:

1. 17 September 21, 2024: Announcement of registration of candidates for KPPS members;

2. 17' 28 September 2024: Receipt of registration of candidates for KPPS members;

3. 18' September 29, 2024: Administrative research on candidates for KPPS members;

4. September 30 October 2, 2024: Announcement of the results of administrative research of prospective KKPS members;

5. September 30 October 5, 2024: Public response and input to prospective members;

6. KPPS 5 October 7, 2024: Announce the results of the selection of candidates for KPPS members;

7. 7 November 2024: Determination and inauguration of KPPS members;

8. 7 November 8 December 2024: KPPS working period.