South Sulawesi's 3T regions are Kepulauan Selayar District, Pangkajene Kepulauan (Pangkep) District, and Seko in Luwu Utara District, the election logistics coordinator at the KPU-South Sulawesi, Marzuki Kadir, remarked.
"We focus the delivery of the election logistics in the 3T regions due to their natural conditions," he noted while citing the example of Seko that is located about 142 kilometers away from Luwu Utara District's city center.
Seko is also the largest sub-district in Luwu Utara, so the KPU-South Sulawesi personnel prioritize the sending of election logistics to this sub-district, he stated.
For Kepulauan Selayar District, the election logistics are transported through sea and air services, he stated, adding that the KPU-South Sulawesi Office needs 34,243,895 ballot papers for the upcoming General Elections.
ANTARA reported earlier that the KPU had declared that a total of 204,807,222 voters were registered on the final voter list for the 2024 General Elections.
The KPU also announced that the presidential and parliamentary elections will be held simultaneously across Indonesia on February 14.
The commission has officially set a 75-day election campaign period for the three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates from November 28, 2023, to February 10, 2024.
All participating political parties and presidential contenders have pledged to conduct peaceful presidential and parliamentary elections.
As part of its efforts to make voters aware of the three candidate pairs' political pledges, the commission has decided to organize five rounds of debates ahead of the presidential election.
The first and second rounds were held on December 12 and December 22, 2023. The third round took place on January 7, 2024, while the fourth and fifth rounds will be held on January 21 and February 4, respectively.
The three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates contesting the presidential election are Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD.
Baswedan and Iskandar have been nominated with the support of the NasDem Party, National Awakening Party (PKB), Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), and Ummat Party.
Meanwhile, Subianto and Raka have the backing of the Gerindra Party and a coalition of parties, including Golkar, National Mandate Party (PAN), Democratic Party, and Gelora Party.
Pranowo and Mahfud have the support of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), United Development Party, Perindo Party, and Hanura Party.
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Editor: Azis Kurmala
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