Bawaslu Warns KPU About Voice Letters Via Posts In Hong Kong Must Be Right On Target

Illustration of the Bawaslu Building in Central Jakarta. (Bawaslu.go.id)

JAKARTA - The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) appealed to the General Elections Commission (KPU) to ensure that the sending of ballots using the postal method in Hong Kong is right on target.

Bawaslu chairman Rahmat Bagja said this was to avoid misuse of ballots. He also criticized the number of voters abroad using the booming post method, some of which had the same destination addresses as the case in the 2019 election.

"We also need to pay attention to the addresses concerned. For example, we found first in Kuala Lumpur, from the Panwaslu report there is one address there are 500 people, meaning that 500 ballots are there so that the ballot is overflowing in the post box," said Rahmat Bagja at the Central KPU Office, Jakarta, Thursday. Such conditions, he said, are clearly worrying because they provide gaps for individuals who do not have the right to vote. "That's what worries... (noise documents) are used by people who are not entitled," he said.

Untuk itu, Bagja mengimbau KPU untuk memperhatikan jumlah pengiriman surat suara maksimal di tiap tempat pemungutan suara (TPS) maupun alamat tujuan agar tidak melebihi ketentuan.

In addition, he also reminded the KPU to socialize any changes in the method of choosing or selecting ways for affected voters so that the voters can still use their voting rights.