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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) officially established December 9, 2020 as the day National holiday. It is known that this date was the day of the vote Pilkada Simultaneously.
The stipulation is in accordance with Presidential Decree number 22/2020 signed by Jokowi and set on November 27, 2020.
“Determine Wednesday, December 9, 2O2O as a national holiday in the context of the election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor, Regent and Lieutenant Governor, as well as Mayor and Deputy Mayor simultaneously,” says a quote from the Presidential Decree consulted CNNIndonesia.com from the website of the JDIH Secretary of State, Saturday (11/28).
One of the considerations for making December 9 a national holiday mentioned by Jokowi through the Keppers is as a way to provide opportunities for citizens to exercise their voting rights.
Then, in reference to article 84 subsection (3) of Law number 1 of 2015 modified by Law number 6 of 2020, the voting day must take place on a holiday or on a closed day.
For your information, Pilkada 2020 will hold 270 elections in one day. A total of 100,359,152 voters in 309 districts / cities will participate in this regional election.
The election to be held on December 9 is expected to be the regional election with the largest number of regions and the first election during the pandemic.
So far, more than 100 KPU and Bawaslu officers have been infected with the corona virus during the 2020 concurrent Pilkada stages.
The largest number is in Boyolali Regency, Central Java. Last August, 96 election supervision officers in the Boyolali district tested positive for Covid-19.
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