Komnas HAM commissioner Hafid Abbas said the monitoring process was important because West Sulawesi was a new province and therefore the election process would be crucial for the people in the province.

Komnas HAM believe the province will be prone to violations during Election Day, he added.

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The commission will prioritize the monitoring of voting by disabled voters as well as prisoners and hospitalized people, Hafid said in the province’s capital, Mamuju, on Tuesday.

According to the West Sulawesi General Elections Commission (KPU West Sulawesi), there are 2,844 voters with disabilities in the province, spread across six regencies. Of the entire population of 1.5 million people, 840,091 are registered as eligible voters.

Hafid said the commission would also pay attention to the potential for partiality from civil servants because some of the candidates were former regents.

“Around 11,000 voters are also reportedly not on the final voters list. This should have been avoided,” Hafid said.

West Sulawesi used to be a part of South Sulawesi. It was named a new province in 2004.

Anwar Adnan Saleh won the first gubernatorial election in 2006 and was then reelected in 2012. (bbs)

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