Komnas HAM Encourages DPRs And Governments To Publish Regulations On Election Mechanisms, Sufmi Dasco: Hard

Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Wednesday (2-11-2022). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, assessed that the 2024 General Election has been running, making it a little difficult for changes in the implementation mechanism. This was conveyed by Dasco in response to the Komnas HAM recommendation which encouraged the government and the DPR to issue regulations on the use of information technology and postal mechanisms in the voting process. "As we know that the election stages have been running and have been carried out by the KPU, including plans that may be a bit more difficult if they experience changes later," said Dasco at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Antara, Friday, November 11. Meskipun demikian, ia menilai rekomendasi tersebut sebagai sebuah aspirasi yang sah saja untuk diusulkan. "What was conveyed was the personal opinion of Komnas HAM members, as the aspirations of the community, of course it is okay to convey it," he said. He also admitted that he handed over to the KPU as the election organizer to make a decision on the recommendation. "Regardless of this, we leave it to the KPU to take a deeper look at the proposal submitted by the Komnas HAM member," he said. Previously, the head of the monitoring team for the fulfillment of the constitutional rights of Komnas HAM national Hairansyah Akhmad said that his party recommended serious attention in improving the workload of election organizers at the lowest level, such as the use of information technology to reduce workload. "Encourage the Government and the DPR to issue regulations that guarantee that public participation in participating in the government, especially to vote and be elected, is broader in expressing their opinions, political beliefs by utilizing information technology and postal mechanisms in the voting process," Hairansyah said at an online press conference on the Komnas HAM RI Public Relations YouTube channel, monitored from Jakarta. This, he said, reflected on the recommendations in the 2020 Pilkada which were carried out during the pandemic period reached its peak in Indonesia. Where Komnas HAM, he said again, issued recommendations encouraging the government and election organizers to carry out health protocols in every stage of holding elections.