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H
ome Minister Tito Karnavian is upbeat that the campaign trails for the upcoming simultaneous regional elections in December will be free from COVID-19 despite reports of candidates violating health protocols and calls by the public to postpone the event.
"I am very optimistic that the campaigns will run smoothly, safely and free from transmission," Tito said on Friday as reported by kompas.com.
He added that the campaigns would even help the handling of COVID-19 across the country as the General Elections Commission (KPU) had allowed candidates to use personal protective equipment (PPE) and hand sanitizer as campaign props.
The commission had also set COVID-19 mitigation as the main theme for the candidates' public debates.
