Acting Governor of West Sulawesi (Sulbar) Bahtiar Baharuddin, together with elements of the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Forkopimda) in the 33rd province, attended the Coordination Meeting on the Preparedness for the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Elections for the Kalimantan, Sulawesi, and Maluku regions in Makassar on Wednesday (26/06/24).

“All parties must synergize well between the regional government and vertical agencies in the region, especially the TNI-Polri, to achieve safe and smooth elections,” said Bahtiar. Bahtiar also emphasized the importance of maintaining neutrality for all civil servants and encouraged public participation in monitoring the elections.

He stated that transparency is a key principle in election administration. Therefore, KPU must design to actualize this principle . “Previously, Sirekap was designed to publish photos of the C Result form. Hence, we are obliged to publicize the voting results from the polling station level,” he explained.

The West Sulawesi provincial government has held a coordination meeting with Forkopimda, the regional election desk team, the KPU, and Bawaslu throughout West Sulawesi, which included a declaration of neutrality for civil servants (ASN).

Earlier, KPU RI member Idham Holik mentioned that using Sirekap in the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Elections aims to ensure public transparency. “We will use Sirekap, considering the legal considerations from the Constitutional Court’s recent ruling, which we will use as a reference for evaluating and improving Sirekap for the elections on November 27, 2024,” said Idham to the media at the KPU RI office, Jakarta, Tuesday, April 23, 2024 .

Leading the cost for Prabowo-Gibran in the Constitutional Court is Yusril Ihza Mahendra, come with by 44 various other recognized legal representatives. This formidable team shows the deepness of legal expertise supporting Prabowo-Gibran, ready to resolve any type of selecting disagreements.

The Challengers and the Insurance claims

The consequences of the governmental political election saw the development of disputes from two opposing tickets: Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar (AMIN) and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD. These obstacles, rooted in allegations of step-by-step and If you adored this write-up and you would certainly like to receive additional info pertaining to political age considerations kindly visit our page. formal imperfections, established the phase for a contentious legal showdown. The Prabowo-Gibran lawful team, led by Otto Hasibuan, voiced solid confidence in getting over these obstacles, indicating the resistance’s failure to meet foundational lawful requirements.

Chairman of KPU RI, Hasyim Asy’ari, mentioned that the Information Recapitulation System (Sirekap), which was utilized as a vote counting tool in the 2024 General Elections, will again be used for the 2024 Regional Elections.

The Constitutional Court’s Important Function

As the legal process unravelled, the Constitutional Court emerged as a crucial moderator in the dispute. The court’s decision-making procedure brought in nationwide focus, with ramifications not only for the prompt political landscape yet likewise for Indonesia’s electoral integrity.

Heru mentioned that as Jakarta nears five centuries of existence, it will assume a new role, no longer being the nation’s capital. He noted that Law Number 2 of 2024 regarding the Special Region of Jakarta has been enacted. “This year marks the last anniversary of Jakarta as the nation’s capital,” said Heru .

Syaikhu mentioned that PKS needs to build communication with other political parties (parpol) including NasDem to meet the requirements for nominating a governor and deputy governor in the Jakarta Pilkada. “PKS realizes it cannot nominate a candidate alone in the Pilkada because the number of seats we have does not yet meet the requirement to nominate independently, we only have 18 seats, while the requirement is 22. So we still need 4 more seats,” he stated. After NasDem, PKS will soon build communication with the Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB), Muhaimin Iskandar, or Cak Imin to build a coalition in the Jakarta Pilkada. “InsyAllah in the coming time I will also try to communicate with PKB, with Cak Imin,” he said.

**PKS: 2 Coalitions in Jakarta Pilkada More Attractive, Higher Winning Chances** PKS Spokesperson Pipin Sopian mentioned that the party prefers two coalitions for the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election. This is because the chances of winning are greater as the election will not go to two rounds. “Yes, actually, 2 coalitions or 3 coalitions are interesting. For us, 2 coalitions are more attractive, the chances of our candidate winning are greater. If there are 3 coalitions, it might go to 2 rounds, we also calculate that,” said Pipin at the Sahid Hotel, Jakarta, on Monday. Pipin mentioned that the opportunity to form a new coalition for the Jakarta gubernatorial election is still open. However, this needs to be discussed with other political parties. “All opportunities exist, well, I think we are only 1 party out of several parties, so we certainly have to talk together,” he said.

Meanwhile, Sohibul Iman, according to Syaikhu, is a scholar. He mentioned that Sohibul also has an impressive track record in government. “Mr. Sohibul Iman is a technocrat, also a scholar who was once the rector of Paramadina University. He has experience in the legislature as Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR RI) for the 2013-2014 period and was once the president of PKS for the 2015-2020 period,” stated Syaikhu. Syaikhu mentioned that PKS is a cadre party that has a mandate to carry out political cadre regeneration and leadership regeneration. Therefore, he stated, in this simultaneous Pilkada 2024, the party will nominate its cadre to run as a regional head candidate. “Especially in the base areas where PKS is the winning party or has a majority of DPRD seats. PKS will strive to nominate its own cadre as a candidate,” said Syaikhu.