Ministry Of Home Affairs Encourages Local Government Synergy To Prepare For 2024 General Elections

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) encourages local government synergy in preparing for the 2024 General Election and Regional Head Election.

"Local governments must continue to play an active role in paying attention to the references that have been issued by the central government, especially those related to the implementation of the regional elections and reporting on actual conditions in the regions," said the Director General of Politics and General Administration of the Ministry of Home Affairs Bahtiar during the Coordination Meeting on Preparing for the 2024 General Election and Pilkada virtually quoted Antara. , Tuesday, March 1st.

Meanwhile, the Acting Director General of Regional Development at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Sugeng Hariyono, said that there were things that needed attention ahead of the 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada. One of them was related to regional development planning documents.

Sugeng detailed several things that need attention, such as the preparation of the 2023-2026 Regional Development Plan (RPD) document and the strategic plan of the regional apparatus.

Furthermore, he said, it is necessary to draw up a roadmap regarding preparations for the 2024 Simultaneous General Election and Regional Head Elections so as to create a common understanding regarding the preparation for the democratic party.

Not only that, he continued, for regions that compile the RPD 2023-2026 to pay attention to the classification, codification, development planning nomenclature, and regional finance in accordance with Kepmdagri Number 050-5889 of 2021.

Director of Implementation and Regional Financial Accountability (P2KD) of the Directorate General of Regional Financial Development (Keuda) of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Horas Maurits Panjaitan, said that funding for the election of governors, regents and mayors comes from the APBD.

Horas said the regional government that will carry out the 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada can establish a reserve fund with a regional head regulation (perkada) in accordance with statutory provisions.

"Especially for the simultaneous local elections, of course later through the mechanism of establishing a reserve fund and when the implementation phase begins, it is budgeted in the form of a grant, and as a condition to be able to disburse grant funds, it must be agreed and signed by the NPHD (regional grant agreement document)," he said.