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We will hold elections in 2024: Jokowi
“These need to be made clear to avoid any speculation [...] that the government is trying to delay elections or speculation on a presidential term extension and also a third term.”
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo. (AFP/Andy Buchanan/Pool)
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has said that the general elections will be held as scheduled on Feb. 14, 2024, quashing rumors that his government is trying to delay the polls and extend his term beyond the constitutional limit.
“Let the people know that the stages and schedules for the simultaneous general elections and regional elections have been set,” the President told a Cabinet meeting on the 2024 simultaneous general and regional elections on Sunday.
“These need to be made clear to avoid speculation [...] that the government is trying to delay elections or speculation on a presidential term extension and also a third term.”
The Cabinet meeting was held at the Bogor Palace in West Java and attended by, among others, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD, Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto and Home Minister Tito Karnavian.
Over the past few months, numerous politicians – particularly those within the ruling coalition – and Cabinet ministers have supported a proposal to extend Jokowi’s final term by delaying the 2024 elections, despite strong opposition from other parties.
Early this month, Jokowi attended the national gathering of the Village Administration Association (Adepsi) at the Senayan sports center in Central Jakarta, during which thousands of village heads reportedly chanted their support for the extension.
