Shalat Tarawih, KPU Mundurkan Jadwal Debat Cawapres
Indonesian General Election Commission Reschedule VP Candidate Debate
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Menghormati ibadah puasa oleh umat Islam, Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) memundurkan waktu pelaksanaan debat calon wakil presiden, Minggu (29/6), yang biasanya pukul 20.00 menjadi pukul 20.30 WIB, setelah ibadah Salat Tarawih.
"Kalau kami menggunakan jadwal debat seperti biasanya, pasti akan banyak masyarakat yang tidak bisa mengikuti sehingga tujuan digelarnya debat jadi tidak tercapai. Maka KPU menggeser jadwal pelaksanaannya menjadi pukul 20.30 WIB," kata Komisioner KPU, Sigit Pamungkas di Jakarta.
Perubahan, jadwal debat cawapres tersebut telah mendapatkan persetujuan dari masing-masing perwakilan tim kampanye nasional pasangan calon presiden dan wakil presiden.
Debat antar-cawapres merupakan pelaksanaan debat ke empat dari rangkaian tahapan debat sebagai bagian dari kampanye Pilpres.
Debat cawapres, yang akan diselenggarakan di Hotel Bidakara Jakarta, mengusung tema Pengembangan Sumber Daya Manusia dan Ilmu Pengetahuan dan Teknologi (Iptek). Debat tersebut nantinya hanya diikuti oleh Hatta Rajasa dan Jusuf Kalla.
Sementara itu terkait moderator debat, KPU seperti sebelumnya telah menyodorkan sejumlah nama kandidat yang ahli di bidang Iptek.
Dari nama-nama yang disiapkan KPU tersebut, kedua tim kampanye kemudian memilih tiga nama yang nantinya akan diambil satu nama sama di antara tiga nama pilihan timses.
Jakarta (B2B) - The Indonesian General Elections Commission (KPU) has amended the schedule of next Sundays vice presidential debate from 8.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m. after the Muslims evening "Taraweh" prayers.
"If we use the previous time schedule, many people will not be able to watch it (because they are attending the evening Taraweh prayers). Thus, the aim of the debate will not be achieved," KPU Commissioner Sigit Pamungkas noted here on Wednesday.
Therefore, the KPU decided to postpone the time schedule for next Sundays (June 29) debate from 8.00 p.m. to 8.30 p.m.
Pamungkas claimed that the two camps have agreed to the change in time schedule. The debate between the vice presidential candidates next Sunday will be the fourth of a series of presidential and vice presidential debates for the upcoming July 9 presidential election.
Indonesia will organize a free and democratic presidential election on July 9, 2014, which will be contested by only two pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates: Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and Joko Widodo (Jokowi)-Jusuf Kalla.
Prabowo Subianto is a retired military general and the chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), while his running mate, Hatta Rajasa, is a former coordinating minister for economic affairs and the chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN).
Jokowi is Jakartas Governor and a cadre of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), and his running mate, Jusuf Kalla (JK), is a former vice president and a senior politician of the Golkar Party.
The Jokowi-JK pair is supported by five political parties: PDIP, the Nation Awakening Party (PKB), the Peoples Conscience Party (Hanura), the Justice and Indonesian Unity Party (PKPI), and the National Democrats Party (Nasdem) established by Surya Paloh, the owner of Metro TV and the Media Indonesia newspaper.
The Prabowo-Hatta pair is supported by Gerindra, PAN, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the United Development Party (PPP), the Moon and Star Party (PBB), and the Golkar Party, whose current chairman is Aburizal Bakrie, the owner of TV One.
