Pray Together Ahead Of The Election, Minister Of Home Affairs: The Most Important Stakeholder Of All Is God

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian (Photo: Capture of Youtube screens)

JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian revealed the importance of prayer activities ahead of the 2024 General Election. According to him, the smooth implementation of elections can be carried out if there is God's will in it. This was conveyed by Tito in the Joint Prayer of the 2024 Peaceful Election held by the General Elections Commission (KPU). "There are stakeholders (elections) that are more important than all of them, namely God. So, the determination is very crucial and critical, we believe that God is the all-regulated," Tito said at Bentara Budaya Jakarta, Thursday, August 31. According to Tito, holding elections in Indonesia, with the fourth most populous population level in the world, is more complicated than other countries. Remember, this democratic party is held with difficult terrain because many islands are remote. "This (joint prayer) is a momentum to remind our association that as well as the KPU to organize, no matter how great the Bawaslu is in monitoring, no matter how great the security forces are in securing, law enforcement enforces the law, political parties and participants try to do good in their matches, the government is maximal, everything will depend on the Almighty, God Almighty," explained Tito. For the sake of the success of the 2024 General Election, Tito advised the KPU to maintain its independence as an election organizer. This is because the former National Police Chief views that holding elections in Indonesia is not easy. "KPU has networks up to the city district province up to the TPS level, which amounts to almost 2 million people. Are they capable of KPU friends with the challenge of equalizing their perceptions truly objective, fair, 2 million people? I'm not sure and this is a challenge," said Tito. Then, Tito also advised the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to be able to face the challenges of supervising the running of the election stages from the central to regional levels. In addition, Tito asked the election participants, both political parties and individuals, to compete in a healthy manner. "Ready to win ready to lose is jargon. But in practice everyone is ready to win, not ready to lose. If you lose, don't get angry," he said. Furthermore, Tito advised the public to participate in supervising the election and participating in determining their choice. "We also ask the public to participate in campaigning to socialize good things. do not use inappropriate methods such as hoaxes and others," he added.

It is known that this joint prayer event was also attended by Constitutional Court Judge Wahiddudin Adams, Deputy Minister of Religion Zainut Tauhid, Chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency Rahmat Bagja, Grand Imam of the Istiqlal Mosque Nasaruddin Umar, and a number of representatives of political parties.