The government, DPR, and KPU have agreed that the general elections will be held on February 14, 2024.Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Government, the House of Representatives (DPR), and the General Elections Commission (KPU) have reached an agreement on the voting date for the 2024 general elections, House Speaker Puan Maharani informed.
"The government, DPR, and KPU have agreed that the general elections will be held on February 14, 2024," Maharani informed while visiting the Office of the Nahdlatul Ulama’s (NU) Central Executive Board in Central Jakarta on Tuesday.
However, she stopped short of commenting on the discourse on the postponement of 2024 general elections.
The elections will be held in accordance with the schedule that the relevant institutions have agreed upon, she said.
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"With regard to the 2024 general elections. I say that the DPR's position aligns with the mechanism," she said.
Chairman of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Muhaimin Iskandar had proposed that the 2024 general elections be postponed, arguing that the public did not want post-pandemic economic recovery to be disrupted if the elections were held in February 2024.
Chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN), Zulkifli Hasan, and chairman of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, had also expressed support for the postponement of the elections.
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