7 Campuses In NTB Collaborated With Bawaslu To Monitor The 2024 Election

Chairman of the NTB Bawaslu Muhammad Khuwailid after the signing of the MoU with the university Chancellor (ANTARA/Nur Imansyah)

JAKARTA - The General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) is collaborating with seven universities, public and private, to be involved in participatory supervision of the 2024 Simultaneous General Elections (Pemilu).

Chairman of the Bawaslu of the Province of NTB Muhammad Khuwailid said that the implementation of the 2024 election stages had begun, with the determination of the voting day on February 14, 2024 for the 2024 Simultaneous Elections and 27 November 2024 for the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Elections (Pilkada).

"The determination of the organizers of the 2024 Election by the KPU and Bawaslu together with the Government is a sign that the 2024 election gong has begun," said Muhammad Khuwailid at the Participatory Socialization with Universities and the Signing of the MoU for Participatory Supervision with Universities in Mataram, Thursday, February 17, quoted from Antara.

He explained that in supervising the 2024 General Election, the participatory method of supervision was still carried out.

"This is based on a philosophical consideration, that the holding of elections does not only belong to the organizers, but elections belong to the whole community. Elections are ours together; so because this is a common property, a collaborative work system must become a necessity. Election organizers should not consider themselves to be the most knowledgeable about the election, nor should the contestants," he explained.

On that occasion, Khuwailid as Chair of the NTB Province Bawaslu signed a memorandum of understanding with seven rectors from seven universities in Mataram.

The seven universities are Mataram University (Unram), Mataram State Islamic University (UIN), Mataram Muhammadiyah University (UMMAT), Nahdlatul Ulama University (UNU) NTB, Nahdlatul Wathan University (UNW), Mandalika Education University (UNDIKMA), and School of Education. High Hindu Religion (STAH) Mataram.

"This MoU itself was made as a form of the NTB Bawaslu commitment in building a participatory election monitoring culture, especially with universities," he said.

The involvement of these higher education institutions in participatory election supervision is the first thing in the NTB Bawaslu, by preparing internships or Thematic Real Work Lectures (KKN) for students.

"The second is that voter education such as Bawaslu and universities are one of the teachers at the general stage regarding participatory elections, so that in the future we hope that this election matter can be one of the teaching materials in universities, so that in the future elections can become an aggregation tool for all." existing interests, are no longer a tool to divide togetherness," he said.