Women Are Not Just Akesoris In The 2024 Election: KPU And Bawaslu Are Urged To Supervise The Recapitulation Of Sirekap's Voice

Coalition For Fair Elections, Ramdansyah In The Cipinang Cimpedak area, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta/ Photo: IST

JAKARTA - The Women's Coalition for the Fair Election assesses that many female candidates have the potential to disappear in the recapitulation information system (Sirekap). Therefore, they urge the General Election Commission (KPU), the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) and political parties to oversee the recapitulation of votes.

"We ask the KPU, Bawaslu and political parties to pay attention to data from the Recapitulation Information System (Sirekap) and vote recapitulation in stages, especially for women's votes," said the spokesman for the Perempuan Coalition for the Fair Election, Ramdansyah in the Cipinang Cimpedak area, Jatinegara District, East Jakarta, Tuesday, February 20.

According to him, the chaos in Sirekap should not harm women to run in parliament.

"Don't let the ideals of the 30 percent female quota be hampered due to the vote count incident, so that women only become accessories in the 2024 election," he said.

In fact, according to Election Law No. 7 of 2017, there has been a lot of affirmation of women's representation in parliament 30 percent.

Ramdan said that the loss of votes on the Sirekap page was experienced by one of the female legislative candidates for the DPR RI from the Golkar Party in the West Java Electoral District, Melli Darsa.

"This should not happen. We ask policy makers and political parties to continue to oversee and maintain the affirmation of women in the 2024 General Election," he said.

The Women's Coalition for the Fair Election also invited female candidates to join forces to participate in guarding women's affirmations in parliament, so that women's representation in parliament can be realized.