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KPU, lawmakers dismiss speculation over elections delay
According to the 2017 General Elections Law, Indonesia will hold its next presidential, legislative and regional elections in 2024.
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Workers from the Depok General Elections Commission (KPU) stack ballot boxes at a warehouse in Cimanggis district, Depok, West Java, on Nov. 25, 2020, in preparation for the 2020 regional elections on Dec. 9. JP/P.J.Leo (JP/P.J. Leo)
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he General Elections Commission (KPU) and lawmakers have dismissed recent speculation that the 2024 elections will be delayed by three years, adding that preparations were already underway.
“Because there was no revision to the Election Law, the elections will still follow a five-year cycle,” KPU commissioner Pramono Ubaid said on Thursday. “There is no legal basis to postpone the election until 2027.”
Pramono was referring to the decision made by the House of Representatives and the government in March to drop a proposed amendment to the 2017 General Elections Law from the House’s National Legislative Program (Prolegnas) this year. Both parties agreed that the country needed to avoid frequent changes to its election rules.
According to the law, Indonesia will hold its next presidential, legislative and regional elections in 2024.
Rumors of a delay to 2027 emerged amid public concerns over a recently floated discourse on a “limited amendment” of the 1945 Constitution aimed at introducing state-policy outlines (PPHN). The plan sparked fears that it will also amend other parts of the Constitution, including the presidential term limit.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s second term is set to end in 2024. The President has repeatedly rejected the notion of becoming a third-term president amid persisting speculation over a term limit extension through the proposed Constitutional amendment.
