Requirements For Legislative Candidates: Here Are The Requirements And Registration Schedules

YOGYAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) has legally produced regulations and stages of registration for candidates (bubbles) for members of the DPR RI, DPD RI and Provincial and Regency or City DPRDs. Furthermore, it is a requirement for legislative candidates for the 2024 General Election.

The 2024 election stages issued by the KPU are contained in KPU Regulation (PKPU) No. 10 of 2023 concerning the Naming of the DPR, Provincial and Regency DPRD or City DPRDs. After that, PKPU No. 11 of 2023 concerning the Second Substitution of KPU Regulation No. 10 of 2022 concerning the Candidacy of Individual Participants in the DPD Member Election.

There are also complete requirements to become a member of the legislature in the DPR, DPRD, as regulated in Article 11 of PKPU 11 of 2023. Meanwhile, DPD members are regulated in Article 15 of PKPI 11 of 2023.

The chairman of the Maluku Provincial KPU, Syamsul Rifan Kubangun, said that after the issuance of the regulations and stages of the 2024 General Election, there were circumstances that had to be prepared by registrants for the 2024 General Election.

"First, registration is followed by prospective DPD members who are declared to have met the requirements for minimal support for voters and distribution according to KPU Decree Number 305 of 2023," said Rifan, in Ambon, as reported by Antara, Friday (28/4/2023).

Furthermore, prospective regional leadership council members (DPD) will upload original documents for the digital form of registration documents on the nomination information system (silon) from the notification of candidate registration until the end of registration time.

"And this is the official stage issued by the KPU. We are also currently socializing it by utilizing social media Facebook and others," he said.

He is honest, some of the important points contained in the requirements of the legislative body and DPD, among others, are those aged 21 years and over, the lowest education of high school alumnus, madrasah aliah, Vocational High School (SMK), madrasah aliah vocational or other equivalent schools.

After that, never as a convict comes from court decisions that have received permanent legal force, because they commit crimes that are threatened with imprisonment of 5 years or more, except for prisoners who commit crimes of negligence and acts of political crimes in the interpretation of an action that is claimed to be a crime in positive law only because the perpetrators have political thoughts that are different from the ruling government.

As for the former convict, he also said, it must have passed a duration of 5 years after the former convict ends up committing a prison sentence based on the permanent legal counsel who has received permanent legal force, as well as in an honest or open manner to publish about his identity background as a former detainee, and not as a perpetrator of repeated crimes.

Another requirement to become a member of the legislature is to resign as regional head, deputy regional head, state civil apparatus, Indonesian National Army soldiers, members of the Indonesian National Police, directors, commissioners, supervisory boards and employees of state-owned enterprises and/or regional-owned enterprises, or other bodies whose budgets come from state finances, which are claimed by a letter of resignation that cannot be withdrawn.

"This is what the registrant needs to know. And we will continue to socialize by utilizing social media," he said.

When is registration for legislative candidates in 2024?

Registration for candidates for members of the House of Representatives (DPR) for the 2024 General Elections was opened by the General Elections Commission (KPU) starting May 1, 2023. Registration will run for 14 days until May 14, 2023. Political parties that will include members as legislative candidates (caleg) must comply with the registration rules that have been inaugurated by the KPU.

Provisions regarding the procedures for registering legislative candidates are regulated in KPU Announcement Letter Number 19/PL.01.4-PU/05/2023 concerning Submission of Candidates for DPR Members for Simultaneous Elections in 2024. The letter was signed by the Chairman of the Indonesian KPU Hasyim Asy'ari on April 24, 2023.

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