The Riau Islands Bawaslu Reveals 131 Sub-Districts And Villages Are Constrained By The Internet

Member of Bawaslu Kepri Said Abdullah Dahlawi/Photo: Antara

RIAU ISLANDS - The Election Supervisory Body for the Riau Islands Province (Bawaslu Kepri) revealed that as many as 131 sub-districts and villages in the local area are still constrained by the internet network so that it has the potential to hamper the implementation of the stages of the general election and local elections in 2024." internet network. This is based on the results of a survey in the 2019 general election involving supervisors at the sub-district and village levels," said Riau Islands Bawaslu Member Said Abdullah Dahlawi, in Tanjungpinang, Saturday, April 2. Said said his party had reported the matter to the Riau Islands Government and network provider companies Internet. However, during the 2020 Riau Islands Regional Head Elections, the same problems were still found. During the 2019 and 2020 Riau Islands elections, a number of election supervisory officers at the village and village level were forced to send reports on the results of supervision in locations that have internet networks. Other election supervisors, use the internet network at the sub-district office. like the sub-district office," he said as quoted by Antara. Meanwhile, election and regional election supervisors who do not have internet connection at all, are forced to send reports via mobile phone short messages (SMS).

"I think the conditions will be the same in the general election and local elections in 2024 if the capacity of the internet network is not increased," he said. The internet network only hinders the work of election supervisors and the internet, which should be able to report monitoring results quickly becomes slow. However, he ensures that the internet network capacity is still low on inhabited islands in Natuna Regency, Lingga Regency, Anambas Islands Regency, Bintan Regency, Karimun Regency and Batam City, will not stop holding elections and local elections because the implementation of democratic parties is still conventional. the internet on the islands in Batam is adequate, there are still problems with the internet network. Only in Tanjungpinang the internet network is good," he said.