Save People in Regional Elections
The simultaneous regional elections have created a new cluster of Covid-19 transmission. Without strict enforcement of sanctions against violators, people\'s lives will be at stake.
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A crowd of supporters bearing campaign flags surround the South Kalimantan governor and deputy governor candidates, Denny Indrayana and Difriadi Darjat (center, wearing garlands), as the group heads en masse for the pair to register at the South Kalimantan General Elections Commission (KPU) on Saturday (5/9/2020) in Banjarmasin. Using the moniker “H2D” for Haji Denny-Difriadi, the candidates have the backing of three political parties in the 2020 regional elections
The simultaneous regional elections have created a new cluster of Covid-19 transmission. Without strict enforcement of sanctions against violators, people\'s lives will be at stake.
The concerns that the simultaneous regional elections (Pilkada) will become a new cluster of Covid-19 have become reality. As of Saturday (12/9/2020), the General Elections Commission (KPU) recorded that at least 63 out of a total 1,470 potential election candidates had tested positive for Covid-19.