Jakarta – The General Elections Commission (KPU) has officially received the registration files of presidential and vice governmental prospects Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar, respectively, for the 2024 election.
Based on ANTARA’s on-site tracking, the files were received directly by KPU chairperson Hasyim Asy’ari from National Awakening Celebration (PKB) vice chairperson Jazilul Fawaid, Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) secretary-general Aboe Bakar Al-Habsyi, National Democratic Party (NasDem) secretary-general Hermawi Taslim, and NasDem chairperson Surya Paloh.
” We express our thankfulness for the presence, coordination, and cooperation in between KPU and the chairmen of political celebrations that have actually coalesced in the election or registration of prospective governmental and vice presidential candidates,” Asy’ari stated.
” The peak is today in the registration of prospective governmental and vice presidential prospects,” he included after getting the registration files of Baswedan and Iskandar.
He said that administratively, the files will be assessed for efficiency. If the files are found to be not yet total, KPU will provide the prospective candidates some time to complete them.
” Before this phase, there were verification groups, a help desk, and a liaison officer. The coalition of political celebrations has actually been analyzed and determined to be total. Alhamdulillah(appreciation be to God),” he notified.
Afterward, the registration files will go through verification, throughout which they will be evaluated for correctness and validity, Asy’ari stated. He included that the potential prospects will be provided another possibility if the documents are considered not yet legitimate.
” Later, there will be a chance to inspect (the files) to finish or revise (the files),” he said.
In the next phase, KPU will offer prospective prospects a letter inquiring to undergo physical and psychological health evaluations. The evaluations will assess their ability to perform their duties as president and vice president.
The health examinations will be conducted at Gatot Soebroto Central Army Health Center on Saturday (October 21, 2023).
The registrations of prospective governmental and vice governmental prospects have actually been set up from October 19–25
According to Law Number 7 of 2017 on General Election, a presidential candidate can be chosen by a political celebration or a coalition that won a minimum of 20 percent of your house of Representatives (DPR) seats or 25 percent of nationwide legitimate votes in the previous DPR election.
The parliament currently has 575 seats. Therefore, governmental and vice governmental prospects will need to get the assistance of a minimum of 115 seats in the DPR. Candidates can also be nominated by a political celebration (or coalition) that contested the 2019 election and gathered at least 34,992,703 valid votes.
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