PSU Participation In West Sumatra Pasaman Down, Bawaslu Waits For Rekap Rampung Today

Illustration of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu). (Between)

JAKARTA - The Indonesian General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) noted that voter participation in the re-voting (PSU) in Pasaman Regency, West Sumatra, was recorded at around 50 percent.

Chairman of the Indonesian Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja said that voter participation in the Pasaman PSU had decreased compared to the previous election.

"This is 50 percent, it seems like it is going down. But we don't know for sure because all the data is still at the TPS, it hasn't been calculated in the sub-district," Bagja said when met by the media crew at the Pasaman Bawaslu Office, West Sumatra, was confiscated by Antara.

Previously, the level of participation in this area was in the range of 60 percent. This decline is an initial note that needs to be evaluated, especially considering that the PSU is held as an effort to maintain integrity and justice in elections.

As of the afternoon on Saturday 19 April, the entire voting process has been completed and election logistics are being shifted to the sub-district level for the recapitulation process.

The recap process has started since today and will remain under the strict supervision of Bawaslu.

"(Sunday 20 April) it has begun to be seen whether this number is fixed, reduced, or increased. We'll just have to wait for the recap process," he said.

On the other hand, there is no further information regarding the factors that cause a decline in voter participation.

The PSU in Pasaman is one of eight regions that held a re-voting today.

The Indonesian Bawaslu is still conducting a thorough evaluation of the implementation of PSU in all regions, including monitoring potential violations and the dynamics of citizen participation.