Guarding Voice Counting, PSI Finds Input Errors At TPS 2024 Election

PSI DPP chairman Cheryl Tanzil said the deployment of effective party administrators, candidates, and cadres to oversee the vote count process at every level and report all findings on the ground.

"If my friends from the board, candidates, and cadres do not oversee and supervise, it is impossible for these findings to reach the DPP," said Cheryl in a written statement, Sunday, February 25, which was confiscated by Antara.

Some of the findings by PSI included vote recording errors and the findings were obtained as a result of supervision carried out by PSI administrators, candidates, and cadres.

I myself have gone down to various sub-districts and found input errors. For example at a polling station in North Jakarta. Batang Lidi recorded 35 but in the number column it was written 25. There was a reduction of 10 votes. That is only one PSI candidate and one TPS. Imagine if multiplied by 12 thousand polling stations in one electoral district," he said.

PSI also instructed the findings of the error to be corrected immediately and the results must also be agreed upon by all witnesses of other parties at various levels.

According to him, guarding votes is the constitutional right of all election participants. Every vote is the people's mandate that should not be wasted.

"PSI uses this right to ensure that not a single person's voice is lost. PSI itself remains optimistic that it can pass the 4 percent parliamentary threshold and qualify for Senayan," said Cheryl.

Cheryl assessed that the KPU has worked optimally and professionally, although the potential for human error will still exist, but can be minimized with the support of all parties.

"We believe the KPU and all election organizers have worked very well and dedicated. But the name is human, it is very possible to be tired or careless," he said.

The 2024 election includes the presidential and vice presidential elections, members of the DPR RI, members of the DPD RI, members of the provincial DPRD, and members of the district/city DPRD with a national voter list (DPT) of 204,807,222 voters.

The 2024 election was attended by 18 national political parties, namely (according to the serial number) of the National Awakening Party (PKB), Gerindra Party, PDI Perjuangan, Golkar Party, NasDem Party, Labor Party, and the Indonesian Gelora Party.

Next, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara (PKN), Partai Hanura, Partai Garuda, Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN), Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB), Partai Demokrat, Partai Solidaritas Indonesia (PSI), Partai Perindo, Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP), and Partai Ummat.

In addition, there are six local political parties as participants, namely the Aceh Nanggroe Party, the Atjeh Beusaboh Tha'at and Taqwa Generation Party, the Aceh Darul Party, the Aceh Aceh Party, the Aceh Prosperous Justice Party, and the Acehnese People's Independent Solidity Party.

As for the presidential and vice presidential elections, three pairs participated, namely Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar as number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md. serial number 3.

According to KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2022, the recapitulation of the 2024 General Election is scheduled to take place from February 15 to March 20, 2024.