Bawaslu Reminds to Supervise the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Elections


Jakarta - The Chairman of the Indonesian Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), Rahmat Bagja, has asked the sub-district supervisory committee (panwascam) to be directly present during the 2024 simultaneous regional election campaign.

"Friends will oversee the implementation of the campaign. The trick is to supervise through presence. So, supervision is not through television. I'm sure it will be rare for campaigns to enter television later," Bagja said in an official statement, Sunday (7/7/2024).

Bagja reminded Panwascam to always use identification tags as a form of Bawaslu's existence while on duty at the 2024 regional election stage.

"You are not intel, you are a supervisor of the campaign process. Therefore, you must use an identity. Vests and hats if available must also be worn," he said.

In addition, Bagja also asked Panwascam to make a detailed supervision report (LHP) and submit it to the local district / city Bawaslu.

"It must be explained in detail in the LHP, which couple is campaigning, how many people are the campaign participants, and whose campaign team is responsible. That must be checked and written down. If there are no findings, don't write zero, but write there are no violations," he said.

He also asked Panwascam to establish good coordination with the sector police (Polsek).

He believes that good coordination will make it easier for panwascam and Bawaslu district / city if there are problems that need to be resolved through the Integrated Law Enforcement Center (Gakkumdu).

The following is the schedule of the 2024 Simultaneous Pilkada stages:

1. February 27 - November 16, 2024: Notification and registration of election observers.

2. April 24-May 31, 2024: Submission of the list of potential voters.

3. May 5-August 19, 2024: Fulfillment of support requirements for individual candidate pairs.

4. May 31-September 23, 2024: Updating and compilation of the voters list.

5. August 24-26, 2024: Announcement of candidate pair registration.

6. August 27-29, 2024: Registration of candidate pairs.

7. On August 27 - September 21, 2024: Research of candidate requirements.

8. On September 22, 2024: Determination of candidate pairs.

9. On September 25 - November 23, 2024: Implementation of the campaign.

10. On November 27, 2024: Implementation of voting.

11. November 27-December 16, 2024: Vote counting and recapitulation of results. (InfoPublik.id)