Jakarta, Feb. 9 -- The press has an important role in ensuring a peaceful 2024 General Elections and a smooth transfer of national leadership, according to the Ministry of Communications and Informatics.

"The press should play its role in ensuring a peaceful election. An election will be continued by a leadership transition. A peaceful election means our nation is united," the ministry's Director General of Information and Public Communication Usman Kansong told ANTARA on Friday.

Kansong stated that a successful election will also be in line with the theme of this year's National Press Day on February 9 of "Overseeing National Leadership Transition and Maintaining National Integrity."

The director general remarked that the press is res...