Gelora Agrees KPU To Advance Schedule For Presidential And Vice Presidential Candidates To November 10

Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian Gelora Party Fahri Hamzah. (Instagram)

JAKARTA - Deputy General Chairperson (Waketum) of the Gelora Party Fahri Hamzah supports the General Elections Commission (KPU) proposal which will advance the registration schedule for the presidential and vice presidential candidate pairs in the 2024 Presidential Election (Pilpres).

The KPU proposes that the registration schedule for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates be carried out nine days earlier, from 19 November 2023 to 10 November 2023.

"That's good news because the noise of the presidential candidates should be stopped, by entering a more real scheduling procedure," Fahri said in a statement in Jakarta, Monday.

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives for the 2014-2019 period admitted that he was bored with political noise at the elite level which had been carried out by presidential candidates.

According to Fahri, if the registration period for the presidential and vice-presidential candidates remains for one more month, then the narrower time is able to accelerate the political constellation so that it immediately goes to the political realm of ideas.

"Political noise at the elite level was triggered by a 'contestation of feelings'. That's because the elites blame each other, accuse each other, and spark SARA," he said.

He considered that such a 'warrant' from a political atmosphere was a dialogue and debate based on ideas. "If someone wants to be a leader, then they must explain what he wants to bring as a leader," he said.

In addition, Fahri also suggested that the registration schedule for legislative candidates should also be moved forward, not ending on November 3, 2023.

"We also encourage the KPU to schedule the same for candidates for members of the DPR RI, DPD RI, as well as provincial and district/city DPRDs. This is so that the contestation of ideas among candidates is prioritized over the contestation of feelings that have emerged so far," he said.

Previously, the KPU proposed advancing the registration period for presidential and vice-presidential candidates, namely on 10-16 October 2023. Whereas in the previous regulation, the registration of presidential and vice-presidential candidates for the 2024 General Election is scheduled for 19 October-25 November 2023.

The rules related to the registration of presidential and vice-presidential candidates are included in the draft KPU (PKPU) regulations that are being prepared.

The PKPU draft in question refers to the Election Law (UU) which has been revised to Law Number 7 of 2023.

The Indonesian KPU refers to Law Number 7 of 2023 regarding the stipulation of Perppu Number 1 of 2022 concerning Amendments to Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections (Pemilu).

The regulation regulates that the 2024 election campaign must have been carried out 25 days after the Legislative Member's Permanent Candidate List (DCT) is set. While calculated from the determination of the President-Vice President-Wapres DCT, the campaign was held after 15 days.

Therefore, the Indonesian KPU advanced the registration date for the presidential-vice candidate from November 19, 2023 to November 10, 2023. This is because the final stages of the nomination of legislative members will end on November 3, 2023 and the President-Vice President ending on November 13, 2023.