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olitical parties are set to campaign virtually for the 2020 regional elections, which the government and the House of Representatives have agreed to hold on Dec. 9 despite the COVID-19 outbreak in the country.
The General Elections Commission (KPU) has completely banned candidates running in the elections from holding rallies or other crowd-pulling events, such as concerts, bazaars and art performances, as the campaign season draws near.
The prohibition is laid out in the latest KPU regulation issued on Wednesday as a revision of a previous regulation that allowed rallies and concerts.
Meanwhile, parties have prepared their candidates to prioritize virtual forms of campaigning and to be disciplined in applying COVID-19 health protocols.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which is backing eight gubernatorial tickets, 214 regency tickets and 34 mayoral tickets across the country, said that it would punish party members who violated health protocols during the election process.
“Party members who violate the health protocols will face stages of sanctions,” the party’s secretary-general, Hasto Kristiyanto, said in a written statement on Tuesday without specifying what the sanctions would entail.
