Ilham Saputra: General Election Commission Commissioner Enough with Simultaneous Elections
This year’s presidential and legislative elections simultaneously held on April 17 have left a trail of sorrows in its wake.
Tempo
May 6, 2019
As of the middle of last week, 377 voting organizers (KPPS) have died and another 1,470 fallen ill. Ilham Saputra, the General Election Commission’s (KPU) commissioner who is also the chair of the commission’s technical division, attributed the incidents to the exceptionally heavier workload KPPS officials compared to the previous elections.
Ballot papers this time consisted of five: one for presidential and vice-presidential c
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