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It's official: New KPU members work to hold 2024 polls as scheduled
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo swore in on Tuesday new commissioners of the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), who will be working to hold the elections in 2024 as scheduled amid growing pushback over a proposed delay.
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General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner candidate Mochamad Afifuddin (right) answers questions raised by House of Representatives Commission II, which oversees home affairs, in a confirmation hearing held at the House complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Feb. 15. (Antara Foto/Aditya Pradana Putra)
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resident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo swore in on Tuesday new commissioners of the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), who will be working to hold the presidential and legislative polls in 2024 as scheduled amid growing pushback over a proposed delay.
Speaking after the inauguration, KPU chairman Hasyim Asy’ari said all seven newly appointed commissioners would prepare for the long-sought meeting with lawmakers and the government to discuss planned KPU regulations (PKPU), which will serve as a legal basis for organizing the stages of the elections. The meeting was scheduled for Wednesday, according to Hasyim, who was elected chairman after the inauguration ceremony.
“Hopefully, in the near future, we will be able to issue regulations regarding the stages of the 2024 general elections to ensure that they will be held according to the planned schedule,” he said.
“We ask for support from all Indonesian citizens, and certainly the support from the President, the government, the House of Representatives, political parties, the media and NGOs [...] so that the elections can be carried out in a democratic, transparent, direct, accountable, free, confidential, honest and fair manner.”
Disagreements over the campaign schedule and election funds have raised concerns over the potential for prolonged rounds of debate over procedural elements of the elections, which could delay the enactment of KPU regulations. These regulations have yet to be issued, even though political party registration — one of the earliest stages of the electoral process — is expected to begin on Aug. 1.
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Although the KPU has the sole authority to set the general election stages and timetable, as stipulated in the prevailing Elections Law, the regional elections law obliges the KPU to consult the House and the government on every draft regulation before passing it.
