Ensure Security, Deputy Speaker Of DPR Asks Commission II And KPU To Review The Use Of Cardboard Ballots In The 2024 Election

Illustration: As in the 2019 election, ballot boxes made of cardboard will again be used in the 2024 election. (Antara/Reno Esnir)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, asked Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives and the General Elections Commission (KPU) to review the use of cardboard ballot boxes in the 2024 Election. The reason is that the KPU used this cardboard in the 2019 Election.

"I heard that the KPU will use cardboard boxes again, maybe later we will ask the technical commission in this case Commission II to review it," said Dasco in Jakarta, Saturday, May 21. cardboard sound.

This is because, said Dasco, it is likely that during the general election it will be the middle of the rainy season. So, another alternative must emerge, namely using aluminum as in the 2014 election. "Does it then meet the security requirements, considering that February 2024 (the election) is still in the rainy season," said Dasco. Gerindra admitted that he didn't mind if in the end Commission II of the DPR and the KPU chose ballot boxes made of cardboard.

Previously, the General Election Commission of the Republic of Indonesia (KPU RI) decided to use cardboard ballot boxes in the 2024 Simultaneous General Election and Regional Head Elections for reasons of efficiency. "It's still being used (cardboard ballot boxes in 2024)," said KPU chairman Hasyim Asyari, Wednesday, May 18.

Hasyim said that since the 2019 Simultaneous Elections, the KPU had considered the use of aluminum ballot boxes. However, he said, it would take up more budget, especially for storage costs. "If that is the responsibility of the KPU, then who is going to finance the warehousing? And if there is a cost, the KPU will average all the budget areas of Rp. 100 million," he said.

Therefore, Hasyim said, the KPU is more likely to use cardboard ballot boxes starting in the 2019 Simultaneous Elections and will continue in 2024. Because according to him, cardboard ballot boxes are easier to auction, and in the end the money from the auction can be returned to the state. received an award from the Ministry of Finance," concluded Hasyim Asyari.