May 2020 Open Election Campaign, Here

Jakarta, Sulbarkita.com- The Chairperson of the General Election Commission (KPU), Arief Budiman, stated that an open campaign can be carried out by candidates in the 2020 Regional Election or Regional Election. However, Arief stressed that the open campaign must follow strict health protocols."As regulated in the law by promoting the health protocol," he said as quoted by Tempo.co, Sunday, July 26, 2020.

He gave an example, a maximum open and face-to-face campaign may be attended by 40 percent of the capacity of the place or room. Candidates are also required to pocket recommendations from the Covid-19 task force or task force.
"Because the KPU cannot determine which areas have red, yellow or green status. The task force who has the competence determines whether a campaign can be open face to face or not," he said.

A total of 270 regions that will hold 2020 elections in all of Indonesia on December 9, 2020. Stages of the campaign will begin on September 26 to December 5, or as many as 71 days.

KPU divides the campaign period of the regional head candidate with three phases. The first phase is a limited meeting campaign, face-to-face meetings, dialogue, dissemination of campaign materials to the general installation of props and / or other activities.

Sulbar itself will hold the 2020 elections in three regions namely Mamuju, Majene, and Pasangkayu. In a coordination meeting in early July, KPU Chairperson Sulbar Rustang said that he was still awaiting regulation or PKPU from KPU RI in terms of open campaign technicalities, "If there is already, we will have a meeting with Bawaslu and Polda officials," Rustang said in the Sulbar KPU release.

TRI S | TEMPO.CO