Prevent Constraints Of Repetitive Vulnerable Groups In The 2024 General Election, BSKDN Gandeng, Directorate General Of Dukcapil, Ministry Of Home Affairs

Prisoners vote for the 2019 General Election at the TPS at the Class I Detention Center in Surabaya in Medaeng, Sidoarjo, East Java, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (Between-Umarul Faruq)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) hopes that participation in the organizers of the 2024 General Election will increase both in terms of quantity and quality, including for vulnerable groups. Elections with integrity require respect for the right to vote," said Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs' National Policy Strategy Agency (BSKDN), Kurniasih, in a written statement, Tuesday, February 21, confiscated by Antara. Kurniasih explained that the protection and fulfillment of the right to vote against vulnerable groups at democratic parties need to be part of the priority of election organizers and the government. These vulnerable groups, he said, such as persons with disabilities, prisoners and prisoners, patients in hospitals, to indigenous people. He also mentioned a number of obstacles faced by retan groups during the last election. "Referring to the 2019 election, there are still obstacles in providing TPS for disability groups, ID card acquisition for indigenous communities, as well as the development of electronic ID cards for prisoners also need to be optimized," he said.

The 2024 simultaneous elections are one of the largest and most complex elections in the world.

This is because in the election the public will elect the president and vice president, 580 members of the DPR, 152 DPD, 19,957 members of the provincial and district/city DPRD, as well as 545 provincial and district/city regional heads. The General Election Commission (KPU), said Kurniasih, has also set 18 national parties and 6 local Acehnese parties as participants in the 2024 General Election. Based on data, according to him, voter participation in the election continues to increase. For example, the participation of the 2019 General Election, which is higher than the 2014 election, from 69.58 percent, rose to 81.97 percent.

Kurniasih said, to support the success of the 2024 General Election and to anticipate obstacles faced by vulnerable groups such as the previous election, the Ministry of Home Affairs BSKDN has collaborated with a number of parties such as the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Ditjen Dukcapil) of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

BSKDN and the Directorate General of Dukcapil will prepare strategic studies regarding the rights of choice of the community and a permanent voter list (DPT). "Regarding the study on DPT, we are working with friends at the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration of the Ministry of Home Affairs," he said.