Ready To Secure Regional Head Elections, Hundreds Of South Jakarta Satpol PP Personnel Deployed

Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) personnel (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - As many as 800 Civil Service Police Unit (PP) personnel at the city, sub-district and sub-district levels in South Jakarta are ready to secure the smooth 2024 DKI Regional Head Election (Pilkada).

"So, later on, we will prepare all of these personnel at the city level to the Resident Rukun (RW)," said South Jakarta Kasatpol PP Daily Executive (Plh) Rahmat Efendi Lubis as reported by ANTARA, Saturday 9 November 2024.

Rahmat said that his party would work hand in hand to ensure the smooth and successful implementation of the 2024 Jakarta Pilkada.

"Satpol personnel will participate in guarding the polling stations (TPS) and vote counting," he said.

He added that the South Jakarta Satpol PP also provided support for vehicles for transportation to the distribution of regional election logistics to each designated place.

Then, the South Jakarta Satpol PP will also synergize with the TNI/Polri and election organizers, namely the KPU and Bawaslu regarding all stages of the regional elections.

"The campaign period is until November 23, 2024 and the calm period starts on November 24, 2024. Then, for the vote on November 27," he said.

He added that during a calm period, Satpol PP personnel would be deployed to assist election organizers and election participants to lower campaign props (APK) along roads to residential areas.

He hopes that with good synergy from all levels and the community, the implementation of the 2024 DKI Pilkada, especially in South Jakarta, will run smoothly and conducively.

"Let's together create a conducive atmosphere for the implementation of the 2024 DKI Pilkada. Use the voting rights well, even though there are different choices, we must stay in harmony," he said.

The DKI Jakarta KPU has determined three pairs of candidates for governor and deputy governor of DKI Jakarta in the DKI Jakarta Regional Head Election (Pilkada) on Sunday (22/9).

The three candidate pairs are Ridwan Kamil-Suswono (RIDO) number 1, Dharma Pongrekun-Kun Wardana (Dharma-Kun) from independent serial number 2, and Pramono Anung-Rano Karno (Pram-Doel) serial number 3.

The DKI Jakarta Pilkada will be held on November 27, 2024.