JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Today (Aug. 3) is the deadline of the extension registration period of regional leader candidates for the 2015 simultaneous regional elections.
The General Election Commission (KPU) expected that there will be additional pairs of regional leader candidates registering themselves to the KPU to avoid the postponement of local elections in some regions. According to the KPU, there only 10 regions that remain having sole pair of candidates.
The KPU earlier decided to extend the registration period of regional leader candidates for another three days from Aug. 1-3, 2015, in 13 regions as the KPU only received registration from one pair of candidates in each of said regions.
The KPU earlier also said that they will postpone the local elections in said regions to 2017 should there is no additional pairs of candidates registering to the KPU.
The 2015 regional elections is scheduled to be held simultaneously on Dec. 9, in 269 regions throughout the country. The second stage and the third stage of the simultaneous regional elections, meanwhile, will be held in 2017 and 2018 respectively. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)