7,148 Damaged Voice Letters In Kuningan Have Been Replaced

Voicemail (Photo: dock. Antara)

JAKARTA - The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of Kuningan Regency, West Java confirmed that the ballots had been changed in the area. The reason is, there are approximately 7,148 ballots that have been replaced.

"So, the KPU can be immediately distributed to 3,596 polling stations (TPS). "The KPU has submitted ballots according to the needs of each polling station, and we ensure the suitability of the types of ballots, quality, purpose and timeliness," said Head of the Kuningan Regency Bawaslu Firman quoting Antara. Firman said the thousands of ballots were found damaged when Bawaslu supervised the sorting and folding process, at the Kuningan KPU logistics warehouse some time ago. For these findings, he said, Bawaslu then asked the KPU to submit a replacement ballot according to the number of damaged ones. He said that after the submission, the Kuningan KPU immediately picked up the replacement ballots by being escorted directly from the police and Bawaslu.. For the fulfillment of the damaged ballots, the Kuningan KPU has picked up," he said. In addition, Firman continued, Bawaslu Kuningan found a shortage of ballots amounting to 3,655 pieces after monitoring the election logistics packing process. However, it is certain that the KPU has taken part of the deficiencies in particular for the types of ballots of Provincial DPRD and Regency DPRDs that are in accordance with their needs.

"As for the lack of ballots, the DPD RI is scheduled to be taken on Friday, February 9, 2024," he said. Firman said that based on the results of supervision, so far the logistics distribution carried out by the Kuningan KPU in each sub-district since January 31, 2024 has been running safely and smoothly. He also added that the Kuningan Bawaslu also continues to oversee the procurement, management and distribution processes carried out by the KPU until the election stage is complete. From the results of our supervision, so far the Kuningan KPU has carried out logistics management and distribution in accordance with the rules," he said.