3 New Provincial Laws in Papua Passed, 2024 Election Budget Increases?
Jakarta - KPU chairman Hasyim Asy'ari spoke about the 2024 election budget after 3 laws related to the division of Papua were passed by the DPR. Hasyim assesses that the election budget will not increase significantly due to the addition of the new province. "If the new autonomous regions (DOBs) are actually not very relevant to the addition of the budget, yes," said Hasyim after a hearing with Commission II of the DPR, the Ministry of Home Affairs and election organizers at the parliament complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday (7/7/2022). . Hasyim then explained the basis for the preparation of the election budget. Hasyim said the calculation of the election budget was based on 2 things. "Because the way of thinking about the election budget has two bases. First, the number of voters. Second, the number of polling stations allocated to serve voters," he said. According to him, the addition of provinces has no effect on the number of voters and polling stations (T