Jakarta – The Indonesian Reporters Association (PWI) has actually stressed the media’s obligation to thoroughly examine the performance history of each presidential and vice-presidential candidate set vying for the 2024 election.
” The media’s task is indeed to report on track records. Here you go, please select one that you think is better,” Hendry Ch. Bangun, PWI’s chairperson, remarked in Jakarta on Thursday.
Bangun described that prospects’ track records offer important insights into their previous performance, making it possible for citizens to make informed choices during elections.
” If we consider them to be qualified, we will support them,” he added.
He urged that Indonesia’s five-yearly democratic procedure need to not worsen departments among the people.
” For us, the important aspect is that the contest is deemed a regular event, one that does not need to intensify into division, fragmenting the nation, and fostering displeasure amongst people,” he stressed.
The General Election Commission (KPU) has gotten registration files from 3 presidential and vice-presidential candidate pairs: Anies Baswedan and Muhaimin Iskandar, Ganjar Pranowo and Mahfud MD, and Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
The Baswedan-Iskandar pair is supported by the National Democratic (NasDem) Celebration, the National Awakening Party (PKB), the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), and the Ummat Party.
The Pranowo-Mahfud pair has gathered the backing of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Battle (PDI-P), the United Advancement Party (PPP), the Indonesian Unity Party (Perindo), and the Individuals’s Conscience Party (Hanura).
Subianto and Raka have actually protected the assistance of the Great Indonesia Motion (Gerindra) Party, the Celebration of the Functional Groups (Golkar), the National Required Celebration (PAN), the Democratic Celebration, the Crescent Star Celebration (PBB), the Indonesian People’s Wave (Gelora) Celebration, the Garuda Celebration, the Indonesian Uniformity Celebration (PSI), and the Simply and Prosperous Individuals’s Party (PRIMA).
The KPU has actually identified that the project period for the upcoming elections will commence on November 28 and conclude on February 10 of next year, with the elections scheduled to take place on February 14, 2024.
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