The Election Date Has Not Been Knocked, Local Governments Are Asked To Participate In Giving Opinions

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Mohamad Muraz, asked the regional government (Pemda) to provide his opinion and suggestions regarding the timing of the 2024 Simultaneous Elections. Until now there has been no decision on the voting days for the Pilleg and Presidential Elections. Whereas the 2024 Simultaneous Election stages will begin in January 2022.

"The steps leading to that (Election, ed) must be prepared. So we ask them to provide clear information to the government as well as their suggestions and opinions," said Muraz, Wednesday, October 13.

It is known that the central government has proposed elections on May 15, while the General Elections Commission (KPU) has proposed February 21, considering that November 27 is the implementation of Pilkada. The former mayor of Sukabumi hopes that the local government can provide true information to the central government in order to facilitate the determination of the implementation of the election. , Muraz also highlighted the issue of suffrage that arose in the previous elections. He said, in particular, the guarantee of the right to be voters has not been completed. In fact, he said, the issue of voting rights often becomes a problem at the end of the stages and continues to be a case in the Constitutional Court (MK). Therefore, the West Java legislator emphasized the importance of the accuracy of the final voter list (DPT), which is often the core of the problem.

Then, he added, it was necessary to take preparatory steps in the face of simultaneous elections and simultaneous regional elections. One of them is by carrying out continuous voter data updating (PDPB) which must be continuously updated in order to obtain valid data when it will be used at a later time.

"This population data is also related to the national e-KTP program. This should be a concern for the government that the issue of population data must be resolved so that the simultaneous elections in 2024 can run optimally," concluded Muraz.