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The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has warned that the potential of vote buying could increase ahead of the upcoming revote ordered by the Constitutional Court for the regional head elections in dozens of regions.
With little time left before the cooling-off period starts on Sunday, observers are calling on candidates and election organizers to push for peaceful elections to prevent politically fueled clashes that could cause even further democratic backsliding.
Vote-buying, political interference and a disregard for ethics in February’s general election exposed the need for reform in the country’s electoral system, which experts say would help ensure better quality and integrity for future polls.
The Elections Supervisory Agency’s (Bawaslu) decision to let President Prabowo Subianto go scot-free following his explicit endorsement of a Central Java gubernatorial candidate pair has stoked concerns that state partisanship might once again rear its head in the November regional head elections.
The nationalist party has expelled two members over manipulating votes in their electoral districts to win February's legislative election, automatically making them ineligible to take up their seats at the House of Representatives.
The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has identified five provinces highly vulnerable to electoral fraud, as the election watchdog looks to step up its oversight work to ensure that the November regional polls run well.
