Jokowi To Inaugurate KPU And Bawaslu Commissioners At The State Palace Today

President Joko Widodo (Antara)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will inaugurate the General Election Commission (KPU) commissioners and members of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) for the 2022-2027 period today, Tuesday, April 12.

President Jokowi conveyed this inauguration during a limited meeting at the Bogor Presidential Palace on Sunday, April 10.

"On April 12, we will inaugurate the KPU and Bawaslu for the 2022-2027 period and immediately prepare for the simultaneous general elections and regional elections in 2024," Jokowi said as quoted from the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube.

For KPU commissioners, there are seven people who will be sworn in. Meanwhile, there are five Bawaslu members.

Those names have been sworn have already been chosen by Commission II of the DPR RI and tapped at a plenary meeting before their names are sent to President Jokowi's desk.

The seven commissioners of the KPU were Betty Epsilon Idrus, Hasyim Asyari, Muhammad Afifudin, Parsadaan Harahap, Yulianto Sudrajat, Idham Holik, and August Mellaz.

Meanwhile, five Bawaslu members were elected, Lolly Suhenty, Puadi, Rahmat Bagja, Totok Hariyono, and Herwyn Jefler Hielsa Malonda.