DKI Provincial Government Asked To Prepare Mental Services For Failed Candidates

Illustration of legislative candidates carrying out the 2024 Legislative Election (ANTARA) campaign

JAKARTA - Member of Commission E of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Abdul Aziz asked the DKI Jakarta Health Office to prepare for an increase in psychiatric services, both counseling and mental health ahead of the voting day for the 2024 Election. "We urge the Health Office to take anticipatory steps to prepare health facilities ahead of the election, especially for psychological health," said Aziz in his statement, Thursday, January 25. Aziz views that this psychological service needs to be anticipated during the election period because to deal with the increase in the number of mental patients from election participants, especially legislative candidates (caleg) who fail to qualify for parliament. Learn from the sicon (situation and conditions) in previous elections, the tendency of stressed people increases after the election,'' he said. Furthermore, Aziz also reminded the DKI Health Office to also increase the readiness of mental hospitals to accept patients who need further treatment. Service in mental hospitals must be ready to accept it," said Aziz. Separately, Commission A Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Mujiyono also asked the DKI Provincial Government to guarantee the health of polling group officials (KPPS) who carry out their duties in the 2024 election. The DKI Provincial Government, continued Mujiyono, is advised to distribute supplements and vitamins so that officers have good stamina and health conditions when carrying out voting tasks to vote counting is complete.

So far, from the period to the election period, there are rarely supplements. That's why Commission A will convey to the relevant executives for the provision of supplements, because it turns out that the budget ceiling Health Office does not exist," said Mujiyono. He hopes that with supplements and vitamins, no more KPPS officers will fall ill until they die as during the 2019 election. Where the General Election Commission (KPU) recorded 31 KPPS officers in Jakarta who died and 158 fell ill due to fatigue.