Body temperature gauges for the regional elections began to be distributed to meet a shortfall of about 20 percent of the total requirement of about 300,000 units.

To organize simultaneous regional elections in 2020 in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has significantly increased the regional election budget.

In the midst of the coronavirus epidemic, there are leaders in the country who still have the heart to commit corruption.

East Kutai Regent Ismunandar and his wife were named suspects in bribery related to an infrastructure project. The bribe money they allegedly received was to be used for the upcoming regional election.