Panwaslu Kuala Lumpur Recommends Re-voting Method For Mobile Voice Boxes And Posts

Panwaslu LN Kuala Lumpur gave information to reporters regarding recommendations for re-voting method posts and mobile ballot boxes at WCT Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday (14/2/2024). (ANTARA/Virna P Setyorini)

JAKARTA - The Overseas Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) Kuala Lumpur stated that the Kuala Lumpur Foreign Election Committee (PPLN) was proven to have committed administrative violations of the election and recommended re-voting the Mobile Voice Box (KSK) and Post systems.

Chairman of Pawaslu LN Kuala Lumpur Rizky Al-Farizie in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, said he had conducted a search related to several issues that were broadly related to voting using the methods of posts and mobile ballots (KSK).

Regarding the alleged election violation, he said Panwaslu would then recommend PPLN Kuala Lumpur to, first, not calculate the voting results by postal methods throughout the Kuala Lumpur area. Second, do not calculate the voting results using the Mobile Voting Box (KSK) method.

Third, carry out re-voting using the method of postal and KSK. Fourth, the implementation of the re-voting as referred to is preceded by the implementation of updating the voter list for postal and KSK methods.

Fifth, do not determine all voters who have voted at the Kuala Lumpur polling station as voters in the re-voting using the postal and KSK methods. Sixth, evaluate the postal method by selecting other methods to avoid the same error or incident.

He said he had given the recommendation letter to PPLN Kuala Lumpur.

Panwaslu, said Rizky, had previously coordinated with PPLN regarding a viral video showing a pile of ballots voting in the Kuala Lumpur PPLN working area. And the truth is still being explored.

However, Panwaslu found several alleged administrative violations related to the post method voting, one of which was 1,972 ballots returned by one person whose identity was unknown. The return method is not in accordance with the operational standards of the Pos Malaysia procedure.

Meanwhile, regarding the KSK method, he said that of the 136 mobile ballot boxes there was an administrative error in the distribution process because PPLN set all KSKs to provide 500 ballots, even though each KSK has a different number of Permanent Voter Lists (DPT).

Panwaslu, according to him, also received reports of voters voting twice. "This is troubling, because it can degrade the election".

He said he had coordinated with the Indonesian Bawaslu, including Gakkumdu and of course there would be legal action.

Regarding the recommendation of the Kuala Lumpur Foreign Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu), PPLN spokesman Kuala Lumpur Puji Sumarsono said he had just received the recommendation letter so that it would still be reviewed further.

"We will discuss first regarding the recommendation points. There has been no decision and until now (the KSK vote count) is still ongoing," he said.