DKI Bawaslu Lacks Personnel For Controlling The APK

Residents passed beside the campaign props (APK) for the 2024 General Election which were installed at the bicycle lane barrier (stick cone) in Jakarta, Monday (8/1/2024). BETWEEN PHOTOS/Galih Pradipta/pras.

JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Election Supervisory Agency said that the shortage of personnel was an obstacle in controlling campaign props (APK) in order to create a conducive period of calm for the 2024 General Election.

"The problem is from a personnel perspective, although it seems that we are moving quite massively, but it turns out that it is still lacking," said the Coordinator of the DKI Jakarta Public Relations, Data and Information Division (Bawaslu), Quin Pegagan, as reported by ANTARA, Saturday, February 10.

Quin said the lack of personnel in charge affected their ability to curb the APK one by one on the streets.

Constraints of limited equipment for controlling due to election participants or certain parties installing them in places far from reach to dangerous to be removed. This causes not all personnel to be equipped with adequate equipment.

In addition, he also mentioned the limited number of vehicles in controlling even though it has been facilitated by related parties.

"The number of APKs is not sufficient for vehicles from the DKI Transportation Agency, Satpol PP, to cleaners, but it is still not enough," he said.

The Jakarta BawasluDKI has brought order to 11,949 APKs until January 2024.