21 Thousand KPPS Officers Inaugurated By Central Jakarta KPU, Prioritized For Physical Health

KPPS Officers Inaugurated By Central Jakarta KPU/ Photo: IST

As many as 21 thousand voting group (KPPS) officers in Central Jakarta who were held in more than three thousand polling stations (TPS) were inaugurated by the General Election Commission (KPU) of Central Jakarta.

"In Central Jakarta, we have 3,129 polling stations multiplied by seven members at each polling station, and today we are holding simultaneous inauguration in accordance with the direction and instructions from the Indonesian KPU. So it's not just Central Jakarta, but all of Indonesia. So around 21,903 days are inaugurated in Central Jakarta," said Central Jakarta KPU Chairman Efni Adriansyah at Menteng Park, Central Jakarta, Thursday, January 25.

The recruitment of KPPS in the 2024 General Election is different from the previous year's election recruitment. This year's election recruitment is carried out openly with various criteria. This means that it provides an opportunity for the public to join the KPPS in Central Jakarta in the 2024 General Election.

"The things that are very different in the 2024 General Election are related to the recruitment of KPPS. Elections in previous years were recruited in a closed manner which were given the authority to the village head, RT/RW to appoint KPPS officers," he said.

The change in the recruitment of the 2024 General Election is based on the evaluation of experience and everything prepared for the success of the 2024 General Election which is safe, peaceful, and orderly.

The conditions that are prioritized, said Efni, are of course knowledge related to general elections (elections), then special tests, and age considerations. The consideration also concerns public health who want to become KPPS, so that it can be ascertained that they can follow and serve properly until the 2024 election is over.

"The most important test is age so that it can be declared healthy, and the last one is integrity, then age. So it can be declared healthy," he said.