Pilkada Voters Whose Body Temperature Is Above 37.3 Degrees Cannot Enter The TPS, Special Booths Are Prepared

WHILE. Bawaslu

JAKARTA - The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and related parties designed a simultaneous regional election voting scheme to anticipate the spread of COVID-19 at polling stations (TPS). Later there will be special rules imposed on voters at the TPS.

"If the temperature is below 37.3 (degrees) enters (TPS). But if the temperature is 37.3 (degrees) and above, then they are treated specially, there are voting booths outside," said Head of Bawaslu Abhan to reporters, Thursday, 3. December.

Meanwhile, for the 2020 Pilkada Serentak voters who are undergoing treatment at the hospital, they can still exercise their voting rights. You do this by using the letter A5 or moving the TPS.

The KPU will visit voters at the hospital so that they can still vote for the candidate for regional head of their choice. But they can only vote near the end of the voting deadline.

"If you are hospitalized, there is a mechanism regulated by the KPU. There is also a letter of transfer choosing A5," said Abhan.

"TPS officers can go to the hospital but at the end of 12 o'clock, the new KKPS and our TPS supervisors will come to the hospital," he continued.

In addition, all officers at the TPS will first undergo a rapid test. The goal is to minimize the potential for transmission of COVID-19.

"TPS supervisors have taken a rapid test, we isolate the reactive position first and today we will hold a second rapid. If the position is still reactive, we will replace it," he said.

Pilkada 2020

The Regional Head Election or Pilkada 2020 will be special compared to other democratic parties. The 2020 Pilkada will go down in history because this democratic party was held when Indonesia was still in an emergency period for the spread of COVID-19.

To provide legal certainty regarding the implementation of health protocols in the implementation of the 2020 Pilkada, the government has issued General Election Commission (KPU) Regulation Number 6 of 2020 or PKPU No. 6/2020. The regulation contains rules for implementing health protocols at each stage of the Pilkada.

The KPU has also prepared a simulation of the voting process to counting votes at polling stations by implementing the COVID-19 prevention health protocol that involves the COVID-19 Handling Task Force. In its application, the KPU must prioritize the use of digital media in socialization or campaigns. In addition, the KPU also limits the face-to-face socialization participants and limits the number of masses who accompany the registration process for prospective pilkada participants to the KPU.

Apart from the organizers, political parties and prospective candidates who will attend the registration are also required to apply health protocols. One of its applications is the submission of registration documents for the candidate pair Pilkada which is regulated by Article 49 Paragraph (1) PKPU 6/2020.

The regulation stipulates that the documents submitted must be wrapped in a material that is resistant to liquid substances. Then before being accepted by the officer, the document was sprayed first with a disinfectant liquid.

Under the regulation, document receiving officers are required to wear personal protective equipment in the form of masks and disposable gloves. Other rules: limit the number of people in the room; crowd-making is prohibited; submission of documents must be spaced and queued; all parties brought their respective stationery; avoiding physical contact; provision of adequate sanitation facilities; and the room where the activities are kept clean.

Apart from the registration process, the campaign and voting will also be different from normal conditions. In the campaign process, the health protocol rules are listed in Articles 57-64.

What will feel the most different in the 2020 Pilkada is that candidate pairs must limit themselves to meeting the general public as much as possible. The regulation also regulates public discussions that must be held in broadcasting studios. Supporters are not allowed to attend these events.

To realize this regulation, the government has added a budget for the 2020 Pilkada. Based on data from the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) at the end of last August, the total regional election budget was Rp. 15.22 trillion. Meanwhile, the regional government disbursed Rp. 12.01 trillion or 92.05 percent. So there is still 7.95 percent or Rp1.21 trillion that has not been disbursed.

This amount includes an additional budget as a cost to anticipate the spread of COVID-19. For the General Election Commission (KPU), the additional budget is IDR 4.7 trillion, Bawaslu IDR 478 billion, and the Honorary Board of Election Organizers (DKPP) IDR 39 billion, supported by the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN).