KPU: 75 Days Campaign To Prevent Cleavage In The Community

Illustration of a number of political parties participating in the general election. (Between)

JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) submitted a draft of the 2024 Election Campaign stages which will only be held for 75 days, aiming to reduce the potential for divisions in society. society, then there are divisions," said KPU member Parsadaan Harahap in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Monday, June 13. Technically, the 75-day campaign, he said, would help election organizers and contestants get through a campaign period that would not have a detrimental impact. Then, continued Parsadaan, the campaign design, which has been regulated in KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2022 concerning these stages, has gone through the discussion stage and discussion at the electoral tripartite level. The 2024 general election stage draft, particularly the campaign schedule, had gone through studies before being enacted in the KPU regulation, he explained. 2024," he said.

Previously, the Labor Party reported the issue of the 75-day campaign in KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2022 concerning the 2024 Election Stages to the Indonesian Election Supervisory Body.

Labor Party President Said Iqbal said the short campaign period would result in limited time for new parties to introduce themselves to the public as voters.

"The 75-day campaign period is unfair, if the existing parliamentary parties are already known, some non-parliamentary parties are already known, but the new parties are not yet," he said.