Disagree With 2024 Election Schedule Forward, PKP Secretary General Said Salahudin: Disadvantages Non-Parliamentary Political Parties

JAKARTA - The Secretary General of the Justice and Unity Party (PKP) DPP, Said Salahudin, does not agree with the General Election Commission (KPU) proposal, whose voting will be carried out in February 2024.

According to him, this is very unfair, because the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) that distinguishes the way of verifying political parties is one of the reasons.

Said said, if the voting day was moved forward to February, the 2024 election stage schedule would automatically start earlier. As a result, he said, the schedule for the verification of political parties participating in the 2024 General Election will be accelerated by approximately two months.

"The acceleration of the verification implementation is of course detrimental to non-parliamentary political parties. Because, based on the Constitutional Court Decision Number 55/PUU-XVIII/2020, the verification of political parties is divided into two categories," Said said in a written statement received by VOI, Monday, September 20.

According to Said, the nine political parties that currently have seats in the DPR RI are only required to pass administrative verification. As for the seven non-parliamentary political parties and other political parties that do not participate in the 2019 Election, they are required to pass administrative verification and factual verification if they want to be designated as contestants in the 2024 Election.

"Well, with the MK's version of the rules of the game, non-parliamentary political parties have been harmed. Especially if the time that is their right to prepare for verification is also circumcised," said Said.

Said assessed that the two months had become a 'luxury item' for political parties affected by the double verification rule. Because according to him, in that time period, there are many things that can be done by party officials at every level to fulfill all the requirements for administrative verification and factual verification.

Therefore, Said said, the PKP rejected the agenda for advancing the election schedule in February 2024. He said, the PKP felt they were being treated unfairly and lodged a strong protest against the plan.

"Moreover, as one of the candidates for the 2024 election, we have never been consulted by the DPR, the Ministry of Home Affairs, KPU, and Bawaslu regarding the agenda. This is clearly not true," he stressed again.

Said added, elections may only be held as long as the principles of justice can be met. If it is not fair, then the election must be declared unconstitutional.

"As one of the non-parliamentary political parties, PKP feels very disadvantaged because its constitutional rights seem to be trampled by the plan," he said.

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