Papuan Bawaslu Prioritizes Women To Become Supervisory Members

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BIAK - Selection Team of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) Papua Province prioritizes women to become members of the Election Supervisory Agency 2024. There is 30 percent quota for women in Bawaslu Papua Province. Thankfully if there can be more women registering for Bawaslu members," said Secretary of the Papua Province Bawaslu Selection Team Latifah Anum Siregar quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, March 15. Annum views the importance of women's involvement in the formation of Bawaslu members of Papua Province. Therefore, if anyone is interested, they can register with the Papua Province Bawaslu Selection Team. One stage of the selection team, he said, carried out socialization to Bawaslu Biak Numfor Regency and Bawaslu Supiori.Alumnus The Faculty of Law Uncen Jayapura hopes that all parties can become a link for information to the public so that they know the schedule of stages and registration requirements. The former Chairperson of HMI Jayapura from the first women in Papua assessed the registration requirements for Bawaslu Papua Province members is firm and clear. For example, the identity card, must be an ID card or not in the form of a domicile certificate. Other requirements for candidates for registering Bawaslu Papua Province Bawaslu members, among them are at least 35 years old at the time of registration. If passing the administrative selection, it continues to the next stage, namely the making of the paper. For selection, he said, there are three things that become a priority scale, namely the disability, representation of women with a quota of 30 percent, and the representation of indigenous Papuans. The next stage of registration announcement is on March 15 to 23, 2023 and acceptance of registration on March 28 to April 6, 2023. Head of the Institute of Biak Law College Dr. Muslim Lobubun, MH. said that the socialization of acceptance of Bawaslu Papua Province members is very open to anyone who meets the requirements to become Bawaslu members.

"The socialization of the Papua Province Bawaslu Team as one of the registration stages," he said. Two members of the Papua Province Bawaslu Selection Team, Latifah Anum Siregar and Masita, conducted socialization at Bawaslu, Biak Regency and Bawaslu, Supiori Regency.