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2024 polls face delay as parties weigh pandemic impact, constitutional change
“The 2024 elections cannot be postponed according to the Constitution. That being said, what if the pandemic crisis still drags on. Nothing is certain,” said National Awakening Party (PKB) deputy chairman Jazilul Fawaid.
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The right to vote and health: During a simulation of the Dec. 3 regional elections held at the General Elections Commission compound in Central Jakarta on July 22, an official presents the ballots. Health protocols will be enforced during the elections to minimize transmission of COVID-19. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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ndonesians may not be able to vote for a new president in 2024 as parties weigh a proposal to amend the 1945 Constitution and the possibility of the coronavirus pandemic impacting preparations for the upcoming general election.
A cloud of uncertainty is now hovering over the 2024 presidential and legislative elections, with the House of Representatives, the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the government still failing to set the timetable for the next general election.
A clear timetable must be set as soon as possible, according to the KPU, which has proposed that the presidential and legislative elections be held on February 21, while the regional elections on November 27. The election process would need to be carried out 25 months prior to the voting day to make room for various preparations, KPU chairman Ilham Saputra told lawmakers during a hearing at the House on Sept. 6.
The meeting, however, failed to come up with an agreed timetable due to the absence of Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian, a representative of the government. Tito was then assigned by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to visit Papua to check the preparations for the 20th National Games (PON) scheduled for October, according to Ahmad Doli Kurnia, speaker of the House’s Commission II on domestic affairs.
“Because the Home Affairs Minister could not attend the meeting in person today, we will discuss or we will make the decision later on September 16,” he said.
Pandemic impacts
