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Candidates embark on campaign trail with vow of peace
The 2024 election campaign has kicked off, after candidates pledged to maintain a peaceful contest while poll officials and law enforcers gear up for the nation’s most ambitious election yet.
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Personnel of the National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) patrol in front of the General Elections Commission (KPU) headquarters in Central Jakarta in early November 2023. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja)
Campaigning for the 2024 general election officially kicked off on Tuesday, a day after candidates pledged to maintain peace on the campaign trail while poll officials and law enforcers geared up for what is set to be the nation’s most ambitious election year yet.
Indonesia will hold its largest simultaneous elections on Feb. 14, 2024, when voters head to the ballot to elect the next president, vice president, lawmakers and councilors.
At stake is the future of Southeast Asia’s largest economy, and that of a generation of young voters who stand to lose a lot if the election once again deeply divides the people.
On Monday, representatives from 18 political parties contesting next year’s race, as well as the three presidential tickets and their political sponsors, gathered at the General Elections Commission (KPU) office in Central Jakarta to declare their commitment to a “peaceful campaign”.
The declaration marks the start of the official campaign window that runs from Tuesday through to Feb. 10, 2024.
The event was witnessed by thousands of spectators and opened with a parade of election organizers from across the archipelago.
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