REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) so far received budget allocations of 7.9 trillion IDR to finance the presidential elections, its secretary general Arif Rahman Hakim said. 

"The budget has been allocated to the KPU. The budget consists of Rp4 trillion for the first round of presidential elections and 3.9 trillion IDR for the second round," he said on Sunday.

The use of budget allocations for the second round of presidential elections depended on whether the polls would be held in one round or two rounds, he said. The KPU would hold a discussion with a number of experts and parties involved in the enactment of the presidential election law to decide whether the elections would be held in one round or two rounds, he said.

"If the elections are held in one round, we will return the budget allocations of 3.9 trillion IDR to the Ministry of Finance," he said.

KPU commissioner Hadar Nafis Gumay meanwhile said the commission would invite a number of relevant parties to discuss the criteria of elected president.

"God willing, we will hold the discussion with experts on Wednesday (June 11). Based on the result of the discussion we will write to the constitutional court to interpret articles of the law," he said.

Under the presidential election law, a pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates must gain at least 50 percent of votes plus one vote and 20 percent of valid votes at least in half of all provinces in the country to win the elections. 

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