KPU Changes Voice Recapitulation To 2 Panels, Bawaslu Emphasizes So That Witnesses Don't Have Difficulties

Coordinator Of Prevention Division, Community Participation And Bawaslu Public Relations Lolly Suhenty/PHOTO: Abdul Aziz Masindo-VOI

The General Elections Commission (KPU) changed the format of the open plenary meeting to recapitulate the national vote count from 1 panel to 2 panels.

This was conveyed by KPU member Idham Holik in the plenary meeting of the recapitulation of the 2024 simultaneous election vote count results in the KPU office courtroom, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Thursday, February 29.

"Later after the break (afterNOon), we will divide the recapitulation panel, there is panel A and there is panel B," said Idham.

Responding to this, the Coordinator of the Prevention, Community Participation and Public Relations Division of Bawaslu Lolly Suhenty emphasized that the KPU's plan to implement the 2 panels is the most important thing is to ensure that the witnesses have no difficulties.

"Regarding the plan for two panels, the most important thing is that we make sure that all witnesses have no difficulties, we will see this, when we continue, it is ensured that the witnesses must continue to follow their two panels," said Lolly at the KPU office, Thursday, February 29.

Regarding the rules of 2 panels, Bawaslu also said that there were regulations and 2 panels were allowed to be carried out.

"If you look at the KPU rules, it is possible for 2 panels. From each political party, 4 witnesses can be submitted, so that if they have been broken down as 2 panels, they can be divided into two," said Lolly.

The KPU held an open plenary meeting of the 2024 General Election recapitulation nationally. The meeting is scheduled from February 28 to March 20.