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2024 election rules still at a stalemate, one week before deadline
The government, lawmakers and the KPU are making a last-ditch effort to agree on the campaign period on June 7, just seven days before the election stages begin.
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Mochamad Afifuddin (right) responds to a question from House of Representatives Commission II overseeing home affairs during his confirmation hearing as a commissioner of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on Feb. 15, 2022 at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta. (Antara Foto/Aditya Pradana Putra)
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he government, the General Elections Commission (KPU) and House of Representatives Commission II overseeing home affairs are facing the challenge of resolving their differences over the 2024 general election timetable before the fast-approaching deadline in mid-June.
House Commission II member Guspardi Gaus from the National Mandate Party (PAN) faction said on Thursday that the three had not reached an agreement on the campaign period and that it would be discussed further in another meeting this week “rescheduled for June 7”.
Commission II lawmakers and the KPU reached a consensus in February to hold the next presidential and legislative elections simultaneously on Feb. 14, 2024, ending months of contentious discussions over the election schedule.
However, disagreements continue to persist over the length of the campaign period and the amount of the election budget.
This has led to additional rounds of deliberation and delayed the ratification of the KPU regulations (PKPUs) that provide the legal basis for the election stages, which begin on June 14.
Although the KPU is the sole authority for setting the election timetable, the General Elections Law and the Regional Elections Law both require the commission to consult the House and the government on every draft PKPU before it can be passed.
The KPU initially unveiled a plan to give presidential and legislative candidates 120 days to court voters, but the plan was rebuffed, with the government preferring a 90-day campaign period and political parties preferring 60 to 75 days.
