Inaugurating 5.7 Million Members Of The 2024 Election KPPS Simultaneously, KPU Enters MURI

JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) successfully entered the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI) thanks to the inauguration of 5,741,127 KPPS members throughout Indonesia in 71,000 places simultaneously, Thursday, January 25. KPU Chairman Hasyim Asy'ari in his remarks at Merlyn Park, Gambir, Central Jakarta said that the inauguration of KPPS members received three categories at once from the Indonesian World Record Museum (MURI). The first category was the simultaneous inauguration of the most election organizers. Second, simultaneous technical guidance to members of the most election organizers, and Third, planting the most tree seedlings by election organizers. Hasyim said that the guidance in this year's election was different from the previous elections, where in the previous elections that were trained or included in technical guidance only 1 member of the KPPS per TPS, but in this year's election it became 7 members of the KPPS each TPS. The goal of the training of members of 7 members of the KPPS each TPS, said Hasyim, is to improve services throughout the TPS. "On this occasion, the KPU is also a simultaneous inauguration of KPPS members, carried out planting of tree seedlings simultaneously by KPPS members," said Hasyim at Merlyn Park, Gambir, Central Jakarta, Thursday, January 25.

According to Hasyim, the tree seedlings planted were 5,709,898 tree seedlings, according to Hasyim, planting this tree was done because the KPU needed so many paper logistics. "In our note, the electoral logistics made from paper is needed as much as 65,989 tons, in our calculation each tree seed will later be equivalent to 11.6 kg of paper," said Hasyim.