The Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) and the Election Organizing Honorary Council (DKPP), need to carry out their duties optimally. Verification of the political parties that will contest in the election is the first
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KOMPAS EDITOR
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The registration of political parties as contestants in the 2024 General Election has begun. The festivity of a “democratic fiesta” was visible in activities like political-party supporters performing a long march, and the performance of palang pintu (Betawi traditional dance).
This festive and peaceful atmosphere is a great start. It is hoped that this initial election stage can also be followed by honest and fair election stages later on.
Nine political parties have registered with the General Election Commission (KPU), on Monday (1/8/2022). They are the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, the Prosperous Justice Party, the National Democratic Party, the United Indonesia Party, the Justice and Unity Party, the Crescent Star Party, the Prosperous People's Party, the Reform Party and the Indonesian Sovereign State Party. Ten other political parties will follow to register.
Furthermore, the examination of documents, administrative verification to factual verification will be carried out by the KPU. In examining the documents, of the nine political parties that have registered, only six parties have been declared complete. The rest still have until 14 August 2022 at 23:59 WIB to be completed.
The administrative-verification process will be carried out from 2 August to 12 October 2022. The recapitulation results of the revisions will be announced on 14 October 2022. After that, the factual verification and corrections will be continued from 15 October to 7 December 2022. Political parties that have passed the administrative and factual verification will be announced on 14 December 2022, as well as the drawing for the official numbers of political parties.
Competition among political parties will take place. At this verification stage, the challenges faced by political parties which have met the parliamentary threshold or currently have seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) as a result of the 2019 General Election, will be lighter. Those political parties only undergo administrative verification.
Meanwhile, political parties that do not pass the parliamentary threshold or did not win enough seats at the House from the 2019 General Election and new political parties must undergo administrative and factual verification. They must prove that they have offices in all provinces, regencies/cities and districts. In addition, they must also prove to have a membership of at least 1,000 people or 1/1,000 of the population. This is regulated in the Election Law as well as the Constitutional Court ruling.
Along with the start of this competition, election organizers, namely the KPU, the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) and the Election Organizing Honorary Council (DKPP), need to carry out their duties optimally. Verification of the political parties that will contest in the election is the first test.
Whether the Political Party Information System (Sipol) being prepared by the KPU is reliable or not will be tested. We will also know whether the digital platform being prepared for political parties to upload data and documents required for this election can really facilitate verification of political parties’ executive board and office to know if there are duplication or fake memberships.
It will also be seen how capable the election organizers are in mobilizing public participation. This initial stage will determine the success of the subsequent stages.