Babel Police Strictly Guard Election Logistics Distribution On Outer Islands

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BABEL - Regional Police (Polda) of Bangka Belitung Islands Province (Babel) closely oversees the distribution of logistics for the 2024 General Election on the outer islands.

The Head of the Babel Islands Regional Police, Inspector General of Police Yan Sultra, admitted this in order to anticipate security disturbances in the implementation of the democratic party in Babylon.

"The distribution of logistics on these outer islands takes quite a long time and there is a potential for security vulnerabilities," said after the title of the Great Operation Force Brata Menumbing 2023-2024 in securing the 2024 General Election in Pangkalpinang, Babel, Tuesday, October 17, which was confiscated by Antara.

He said that Babel is an archipelago province that has hundreds of small inhabited islands, so that in the distribution of election logistics, strict security is needed.

"Distributing election logistics to the outer islands takes more than 10 hours and we consider this to be quite prone to security disturbances," he said.

According to him, security disturbances in the distribution of election logistics use ships to the outer islands such as bad weather, high waves and other things that can interfere with the distribution of this election logistics.

"We have mapped which areas need to be anticipated with layered security," he said.

He stated that in general the potential for disturbances to Babel security during the stages and implementation of elections were still conducive.

"Until now, the security conditions in Babylon are quite safe and conducive," he said.

He emphasized that all security forces, especially the police, should always be neutral, so that next year's democratic party will run safely, honestly, fairly and dignifiedly.

"We have conveyed to Bawaslu that all election organizers must be neutral to make the democratic party a success next year," he said.