Komnas HAM Reveals Many Companies Don't Holiday Employees During Elections

Commissioner for the Study and Research of Komnas HAM Saurlin P. Siagian at the Komnas HAM office, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Wednesday (21/2/2024). ANTARA/Walda Marison

JAKARTA - The Indonesian National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) revealed that many companies do not require their employees to take holidays on the D-Day of voting, Wednesday, February 14. This, according to the Commissioner for the Study and Research of Komnas HAM Saurlin P. Siagianyang, made many workers work and ignore their rights in choosing. "Many jobs cannot vote and lose their voting rights because they have to work on vote counting day," said Saurlin P. Siagian at the Komnas HAM Office, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Antara, Wednesday, February 21. According to him, several companies actually provide more incentives for employees who want to continue working during the voting day. This, he continued, made people prefer to come to work with the lure of incentives rather than voting at polling stations (TPS). Saurlin said that the regional KPU should coordinate with the local government or the labor service to urge all companies to cancel their employees on voting day. Thus, he said, employees can freely take advantage of their votes to elect a presidential candidate and a legislative candidate. When asked how many companies did this and the number of employees who could not choose according to the goals of Komnas HAM, Saurlin could not explain in detail. "Of the 50 locations monitored, there are facts. However, I cannot submit statistical data yet," he said. Election participants in 2024 as many as 18 national political parties, namely (according to serial numbers) of the National Awakening Party (PKB), Gerindra Party, PDI Perjuangan, Golkar Party, NasDem Party, Labor Party, and the Indonesian Gelora Party. Next, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (PKS), Partai Kebangkitan Nusantara (PKN), Partai Hanura, Partai Garuda, Partai Amanat Nasional (PAN), Partai Bulan Bintang (PBB), Partai Demokrat, Partai Solidaritas Indonesia (PSI), Partai Perindo, Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP), and Partai Ummat. In addition, the election for legislative members (pileg) was also attended by six local political parties, namely the Aceh Nanggroe Party, the Atjeh Beusaboh Tha'at and Taqwa Generation Party, the Aceh Darul Party, the Aceh Party, the Aceh Prosperous Justice Party, and the Aceh People's Independent Solidity Party.

Participants in the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential Elections (Pilpres) were followed by the pair Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md. serial number 3. According to KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2022, the recapitulation of national votes for the 2024 General Election is scheduled to take place from February 15 to March 20, 2024.