Jakarta. The Election Supervisory Firm, or Bawaslu, has actually launched its 2020 regional election vulnerability index, which measures threats of disruption during the election’s initial phases. The vulnerability index is divided into 4 classifications– social, political, facilities and pandemic-related– the last one of which is expected to have a strong bearing on the preparation and organization of the election.
Citizens and election officers will have to provide themselves in person.
The process for verifying the fans’ data will begin on June24 The citizen list upgrade will be done on July 15.
Afif said vulnerability index maps all possible blockages during the election so the government can utilize the information to avoid them.
The index’s social classification determines threats of natural and social disasters, consisting of dangers of violence or intimidation versus election organizers.
” In the social classification, a total of 221 cities and districts have a medium vulnerability rating and 40 cities and districts get a high score. These latter districts include Kotabaru, South Manokwari, Sleman, Kainama, Nabire, Dharmasraya, Bandung, Pekalongan, Lamongan and North Halmahera,” Afif stated in an online interview.
The political classification calculates risks of interruptions caused by absence of coordination amongst election organizers, slack recruitment of election officers, civil servants’ lack of neutrality and abuse of the election spending plan.
According to Bawaslu information, 211 cities and districts have a medium political vulnerability rating. A total of 50 make a high score.
” Districts in the latter list include South Manokwari, Sijunjung, Makassar, Lamongan, Sungai Penuh, Mamuju, Klaten, Sukoharjo, Aru islands and Agam, Afif said.
In the pandemic category, a total of 144 cities and districts get a medium vulnerability score and 117 get a high score, including South Manokwari, Supiori, Solok, Sijunjung, Meranti Islands, Malinau and North Morowali.
” In the pandemic classification, we consider possible problems with the election spending plan– which might be compromised by government costs on Covid-19 mitigation, information on Covid-19 patients, federal government support for pandemic mitigation, public misgivings about the local election and difficulties in election security,” Afif said.
House Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian stated the Bawaslu should try to get rid of prospective issues identified in the vulnerability index and at the same time continue to meet its function of monitoring the election from a neutral perspective.
Organizers, consisting of the General Election Commission [KPU], might easily make mistakes under severe pressure.
The minister, a previous police general, stated the Bawaslu ought to fix election problems through mediation or by enforcing administrative sanctions.
” The Bawaslu ought to never ever endure election offenses, however the sanctions they enforce ought to be proportional to the criminal offenses,” Tito stated.
More Money Required for PPE
Although the election’s initial phases had started according to arrange on June 15, the company still does not have sufficient cash to purchase individual protective equipment (PPE) for election officers, Bawaslu chairman Abhan mentioned.
He stated regional federal governments had actually already finished their spending plan before the pandemic started in March, which meant oftentimes there were no arrangements for buying the protective gear.
” Some regional federal governments have currently restructured their spending plan, but others are not able to do so. They require additional funding from the state budget. We have actually already reported this concern to the Home Affairs Ministry,” Abhan stated.
KPU chairman Arief Budiman said the commission had actually been tinkering with alternative budgeting to make certain there suffices PPE to go around before June 24, the start of the supporter data confirmation process.
Arief stated the main federal government can use the state budget to buy the PPEs or bought regional federal governments to revise their budget plan.
He stated the Home Affairs Ministry could also require local federal governments to contribute a few of the PPEs, including face guards, masks and gloves through the local Covid-19 job forces.
” The voter list update will be on July15 We still have sufficient time to buy more PPEs for around 300,000 election officers,” he said.
In reaction, the House Affairs Minister said Rp 5 trillion ($354 million) from the election’s total budget plan of Rp 15 trillion had actually already been transferred to 270 local federal governments.
Tito said regional federal governments could move another Rp 9.1 trillion to purchase more PPEs.
” The regional federal governments need to move the money today or tomorrow so we can start purchasing the PPEs prior to the next phase of the election,” Tito stated.
