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Patients from mental institution allowed to vote in West Jakarta
As many as 401 patients from the Bina Laras Social Institution, which treats patients suffering from severe mental illness in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, will have an opportunity to cast their vote in the Jakarta gubernatorial election on Wednesday.
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s many as 401 patients from the Bina Laras Social Institution, which treats patients suffering from severe mental illness in Cengkareng, West Jakarta, will have an opportunity to cast their vote in the Jakarta gubernatorial election on Wednesday.
The West Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU) commission head Sunardi Sutrisno said on Tuesday the patients who were allowed to take part in the election had been given leave to do so by their doctors.
“Those who are going to vote are the ones in a better condition. For example, when I approached them, we could engage in a conversation,” Sunardi said as quoted by wartakotalive.com.
There are 800 patients registered at the institution, but only half of them are eligible to vote, he went on to say.
Sunardi added that on Wednesday the patients would vote at voting booths outside the institution.
(Read also: Komnas HAM monitors voting in West Sulawesi)
Around 7.1 million Jakartans will exercise their right to vote in the Jakarta gubernatorial election on Wednesday.
According to the KPU Jakarta, 2,006,397 voters are from East Jakarta, making it the area with the highest number of voters. West Jakarta ranks second with 1,652,051 voters, followed by South Jakarta with 1,593,700 voters, North Jakarta with 1,091,874 voters, Central Jakarta with 747,152 voters and Thousand Islands regency with 17,415 voters. (trw)
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