In a letter to the chairman of House Commission II overseeing domestic governance, Home Minister Tito Karnavian said his ministry was invited to a limited Cabinet meeting at the State Palace on Wednesday.

“Therefore, we request that the meeting [between] Commission II [the government and the General Elections Commission (KPU), on Wednesday] be postponed,” Tito said in the letter, which was signed on Tuesday.

Due to the postponement, the decision on the dates of the general election and regional elections will be made after the House recess from Friday until mid-November.

The upcoming elections are set to be held sometime in 2024, but no dates have been set due to the lack of consensus among lawmakers, the government and the KPU. Civil groups have demanded policymakers immediately set the schedule so the KPU can make mitigation plans to address potential problems.

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The KPU had put forward plans for the presidential and legislative elections to be held on Feb. 21, 2024, while the regional elections on Nov. 27. The election process would also need to start 25 months before polling day, or sometime in January next year, to make room for various preparations, KPU chairman Ilham Saputra told lawmakers during a hearing at the House early this month.

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