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Registration deadline for presidential candidates moved earlier to late October
Political parties may have to rush their decisions on presidential and vice-presidential nominations after policymakers and the KPU agreed to move up the registration deadline to late October from late November.
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Ready for distribution: An official prepares ballot boxes at the Tanah Abang district branch of the General Elections Commission (KPU) in Jakarta in 2019. (The Jakarta Post/Wendra Ajistyatama )
Political parties may have to rush their decisions on presidential and vice-presidential nominations after policymakers and the election organizing body agreed to move up the registration deadline to late October from late November.
The General Elections Commission (KPU) secured on Wednesday endorsements from House of Representatives Commission II overseeing home affairs and the Home Ministry to reschedule the registration window for presidential and vice-presidential candidates from Oct. 19 through Nov. 25 to Oct 19-25.
This also cuts the time for candidates to register from five weeks to one.
Initially, the KPU had planned to reschedule the registration window for presidential and vice-presidential candidates to Oct. 10-16, but this proposal was turned down by lawmakers during a closed-door preliminary session among policymakers on Tuesday.
Ever since the KPU planned a date change earlier this month, political parties have been intensifying talks to finalize their electoral alliances and nominations. Alliance building now appears to have crystallized into three electoral blocs but political parties are still struggling to settle on running mates.
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House Commission II deputy chairman Saan Mustopa of the NasDem Party said the new, later date was intended to allow more time for parties to decide their nominations, especially in regard to vice-presidential candidates.
