KPU Allows TPS Monitors To Enter The Single Paslon Regional Pilkada 2020

JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) allows Simultaneous Pilkada 2020 observers to enter the polling stations (TPS) during the voting and counting process.

However, this policy only applies to districts / cities with a single pair of candidates or what is commonly called against empty boxes in ballot papers.

Meanwhile, this rule does not apply to constituencies that have more than one candidate pair. This policy is contained in KPU Regulation Number 20 of 2020.

"In PKPU, the KPU regulates that previously the observers were outside the TPS environment, now the observers are allowed to enter the TPS environment. That only applies to regions that hold elections with one candidate," Arief said in a virtual press conference, Wednesday, December 2.

On voting day, KPPS is required to provide seats for domestic observers. They are entitled to a copy of the final voter list (SDPT), then a copy of the KWK model C form.

As decided by the Constitutional Court, observers who have been accredited, observers in question are parties who have been accredited by the election organizer.

That way, if there is a request for dispute over the results of the 2020 Pilkada in an area that is submitted to the Constitutional Court, the applicant can become a representative from the empty box as the opponent of the single candidate witness.

"He will have legal standing if there is a dispute in the voting and counting of votes," said Arief.

"So, domestic election observers have the right to obtain documents and have the right to object to the candidate pair witnesses," he continued.

Here are 25 constituencies that have one candidate pair:

1. Badung Regency

2. North Bengkulu Regency

3. Boyolali Regency

4. Gowa Regency

5. Grobogan Regency

6. Humbang Hasundutan Regency

7. Kebumen Regency

8. Kediri Regency

9. City of Balikpapan

10. Gunungsitoli City

11. Pematang Siantar City

12. Semarang City

13. Kutai Kertanegara Regency

14. Mamuju Tengah District

15. South Manokwari Regency

16. Ngawi Regency

17. Ogan Komering Ulu Regency

18. Ogan Komering Ulu Selatan District

19. Pasaman Regency

20. Arfak Mountains District

21. Raja Ampat Regency

22. Soppeng Regency

23. Sragen Regency

24. West Sumbawa Regency

25. Wonosobo Regency