SURABAYA - East Java Police Chief Inspector General Fadil Imran instructed all Polres in East Java to carry out strict supervision of the simultaneous regional election campaign. For violators of health protocols will be dealt with firmly.
"According to President Jokowi's directive so that the TNI / Polri will not hesitate to take action against prospective candidates who do not comply with the COVID-19 health protocol set by the government. For this reason, the National Police will supervise the implementation of the COVID-19 health protocol in every community activity, in particular. related to simultaneous regional elections, "said Fadil Imran in Surabaya, Monday, October 19.
Fadil also emphasized that Polri members maintain neutrality and carry out professional security duties. Fadil requested early detection by optimizing the intelligence function and Bhabinkamtibmas.
"To the police chiefs whose regions carry out simultaneous regional elections, not to issue crowd permits to anticipate mass gathering. Then they must continue to remind the timses and election administrators to adhere to health protocols, especially during campaign implementation," said Fadil.
The National Police Handles Dozens of Pilkada Cases
The National Police handled dozens of criminal cases out of hundreds of reports and findings during the 2020 Pilkada Simultaneous implementation process. Some of them have even been delegated to court.
"The number of reports or findings is 136 cases, then 28 cases were forwarded to the National Police," said Karo Penmas, Police Public Relations Division, Brigadier General Awi Setiyono to reporters, Wednesday, October 14.
Awi said there were at least 4 cases that had entered stage 2. Then, a dozen others were still in the investigation process.
"(Process) there are 14 cases of investigation, then stage 1 (there are) one case, P19 one case, P21 one case, stage 2 (there are) four cases and finally SP3 (there are) 7 cases," Awi explained.
KPU Prepares Distribution of Time to Vote So As Not to Crowd
The General Election Commission (KPU) is preparing a new strategy in the 2020 Pilkada Simultaneous process to prevent crowds at polling stations (TPS). You do this by dividing each voter's time to come to vote at the TPS.
KPU commissioner Evi Novida Ginting Manik said voters would get a form C or a voting notification letter on December 9, which contained the location of the TPS along with the time of arrival.
"In this voting we have also divided the time. Even though the voting starts from 07.00-13.00, in Form C we will make a notification, for example being able to vote only from 09.00-10.00," said Evi in a virtual discussion, Wednesday, 14 October.
The distribution of voter time at TPS is intended to prevent the accumulation of voters that lead to crowds. Thus, this can reduce the spread of COVID-19.
"We will socialize it so that voters pay attention to Form C of this notification. Because all this time, the TPS is always full at 08.00-10.00. Therefore, we will share the time and be notified in the form," said Evi.
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