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Another day, another protest to Bawaslu as KPU resumes vote counting
The Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) has recorded more than 7,000 violation reports since the campaign season kicked off in September.
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KPU personnel stack ballot boxes prior to polling day on April 17. (Antara/Harviyan Perdana Putra)
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lthough the concurrent legislative and presidential elections were held more than a week ago, the state elections watchdog’s workload has not got any easier.
The Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) has recorded more than 7,000 reported violations since the campaign season kicked off in September. Of these cases, 343 indicate criminal offenses and 5,167 indicate administrative violations, 121 indicate ethics violations and 696 indicate other types of violations.
Almost every day since polling day on April 17, supporters of presidential tickets Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno have held rallies in front of the offices of Bawaslu and the General Elections Commission (KPU).
Prabowo-Sandiaga supporters have demanded the KPU and Bawaslu maintain fairness and have asked them to disqualify Jokowi-Ma'ruf pair for alleged fraud, while Jokowi-Ma'ruf supporters have demonstrated their support for both electoral organizations, even placing floral bouquets along the road to the KPU office in Central Jakarta.
On Wednesday, Bawaslu met dozens of pro-Prabowo figures, including Gerindra Party politician Ferry Juliantono, Crescent Star Party (PBB) politician Ahmad Yani and Muslim cleric Ansufri Idrus Sambo.
Claiming there have been 1,200 cases of election fraud in a variety of provinces, they demanded that Bawaslu and the Election Organization Ethics Council (DKPP) replace the KPU’s commissioners.
The group also reported vote-buying practices in several areas.
