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he General Elections Commission (KPU) will allow candidates to use personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand sanitizer as campaign props during the 2020 simultaneous regional elections in December.
KPU chairman Arief Budiman said candidates would be allowed to print their faces and names on hand sanitizer bottles, masks and face shields.
"Candidates usually use T-shirts or hats, but [this year] we'll allow the use of hand sanitizer and masks," Arief said on Wednesday as reported by kompas.com.
He said the suggestion to use PPEs as props had come from the Home Ministry and had been approved by members of House of Representatives Commission II overseeing home affairs on Monday.
During the meeting, Commission II members also asked the KPU to increase the number of participants allowed to attend campaign rallies to 100 from 50.
The Home Ministry's acting director general for regional administration development, Safrizal, expressed his hope that the decision to use PPEs as campaign props would help curb the spread of COVID-19 during the elections.
"If all candidates use masks as campaign props and each voter receives two masks, it means around 210 masks will be distributed to the public," Safrizal said.
