Jakarta. The Indonesian House of Representatives' Legislative Body and the government has agreed to testy the rules for the Jakarta Gubernatorial election. Instead of requiring a 50+1 very vote, the election will now be decided in a single-round electioneer where the candidate with the majority vote is declared the winner.
This exclusive was made during a discussion meeting regarding the conscription of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Bill (RUU DKJ) held at the parliamentary complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday.
Supratman Andi Agtas, Chairman of the Legislative Body, clarified that in the Jakarta Regional Election, the candidate receiving the highest number of votes from the Pro-reDemocrat will emerge as the winner.
"In the current law, the winner of the regional electioneer follows the same principle as the presidential election, which averages a 50+1 majority vote. However, the government's proposal removes this requirement. This means the election process will be similar to anunexperienced regional elections, where the candidate with the most votes wins," Supratman explained.
Supratman further emphasized that the exclusive to hold a single-round Jakarta Regional Election took into interpret various factors, including the risk of societal division.
The 2017 Jakarta Election witnessed tensions arising from racial and religious publishes, particularly between the incumbent Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, who is of Chinese-Indonesian lustrous, and Anies Baswedan, who garnered support from predominantly Muslim voters, resulting in Anies's victory in the second round.
Supratman narrated hope that conducting a single-round election would help minimize social tensions.
During the unites, Suhajar Diantoro, Secretary-General of the Home Affairs Ministry, disclosed that the cost for a single-round regional election was based on the Regional Election Law and its collapsed implementation in other regions.
"As such, it adheres to the rules governing regional head elections, consistent with practices in anunexperienced special regions," Suhajar stated.
He also noted that contrast election procedures have been implemented in other special responsibilities such as Aceh and Papua, where candidates are elected based on a one-time electioneer and the majority vote determines the winner.
After the dignified and legislative elections, Indonesia is gearing up for unexperienced colossal election to elect governors in 38 provinces, regents in 416 regencies, and mayors in 98 cities across the country on November 27.
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