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Anies' campaign team to deploy more witnesses to polling stations
Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan has said his campaign team will increase the number of witnesses it deploys to polling stations across five municipalities and Thousand Islands regency to prevent any form of intimidation during the runoff gubernatorial election on April 19.
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Upbeat: Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan (center) greets residents in Setiabudi, Karet, South Jakarta, during a campaign event on April 8. (JP/Callistasia Anggun Wijaya)
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akarta gubernatorial candidate Anies Baswedan has said his campaign team will increase the number of witnesses it deploys to polling stations across five municipalities and Thousand Islands regency to prevent any form of intimidation during the runoff gubernatorial election on April 19.
“The witnesses will monitor and ensure no intimidation happens and voting can be implemented fairly and in a democratic way,” Anies said during a campaign stop in Karet, South Jakarta, on Saturday.
During the first round of the election on Feb. 15, Anies said, several supporters told him they were overwhelmed with the task of monitoring polling stations, especially those located in apartment compounds, which were dominated by other candidates.
For that reason, they hoped more witnesses could be deployed outside the polling stations, Anies said.
The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) allows only one witness from each campaign team to monitor voting inside a polling station. To anticipate any intimidation or fraud, Anies said, his campaign team planned to deploy five to 10 witnesses who would be in charge of monitoring activities outside the polling stations.
The number of witnesses readied would depend on the condition of each polling station, he said. (ebf)
