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Workers to monitor election result announcement
The Confederation of Indonesian WorkersUnion (KSPI) will deploy 5,000 to 10,000 members to monitor the announcement ofthe final presidential election result at the General Elections Commission(KPU) on July 22,KSPI president Said Iqbal said on Wednesday
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he Confederation of Indonesian WorkersUnion (KSPI) will deploy 5,000 to 10,000 members to monitor the announcement ofthe final presidential election result at the General Elections Commission(KPU) on July 22,KSPI president Said Iqbal said on Wednesday.
"We are going to monitor the announcement peacefully and will not be intimidating anyone or causing any riots. If the situation is appropriate then we will deploy 10,000 workers," he said in Jakarta on Wednesday, as reported by tribunnews.com.
Said explained that the workers would gather at the KPU headquarters in Jakarta and also at its low-level branches to offset the number of Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Jusuf Kalla supporters.
"We have an interest [in the election result]. Prabowo [Subianto] has already signed the ten demands of the people and one of them is to provide decent wages for workers," he said.
Said added that workers all over Indonesia are currently monitoring the vote count at different levels to make sure that there is no vote manipulation.
In May, the KSPI declared its official support for the Prabowo-Hatta Rajasa presidential ticket. (fss)
