Election 2024, KPU: Registration Of Political Parties 2022, Presidential Candidates 2023

ILLUSTRA TION / VOI

JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) has designed the process of registration, verification, and determination of political parties participating in the 2024 General Election which will begin in April 2022.

"In our program, the stages, our designs are carried out in April and August 2022, December 2022 there are registration, verification, and determination of political parties", said KPU chairman Ilham Saputra in a hearing meeting with House of Representatives Commission II, Monday, September 6.

However, the stages of the 2024 General Election designed by the KPU have not been agreed upon by the government and the House of Representatives. It is planned that the agreement will be taken at a working meeting on September 16, 2021.

"It would be better if the approval to determine the election and this election could actually be accelerated. Because there are indeed many things that we need to prepare", said Ilham.

Ilham explained that the KPU would also determine the formation of the sub-district election committee (PPK), the overseas election committee (PPLN), the voting committee (PPS), as well as the preparation of electoral district proposals for the election of legislative candidates in the DPRD level II.

Ilham detailed, entering the beginning of 2023, the KPU will begin to enter the nomination stage for the 2024 Presidential Election.

"Well, of course, in 2023, we have to go through many more steps, updating voter data, then also registering candidates, including nominations for Indonesian House of Representatives, Provincial DPRD, Regency/City DPRD. Then the nominations for the presidential election, so 2023 will be very busy", he said.

Ilham said, based on the agreement on the results of the consignment meeting when voting for the 2024 General Election in the form of Legislative Elections and Presidential Elections held on February 21, 2024.

"Meanwhile, the voting for the 2024 Pilkada will be held on November 27, 2024", said Ilham.