"We hope many university students involve in the election watchdog," the coordinator of the Bawaslu-Jakarta office's prevention and public participation division, Burhanuddin, told local journalists.
To this end, the agency's personnel are conducting awareness campaigns at universities in Jakarta regarding the importance of people's active participation in election monitoring, he said.
The active participation of university students in election monitoring would help poll workers ensure a fair and transparent fiesta of democracy.
Students' participation would also be meaningful as they are well-educated, independent, not affiliated with any contesting political party, and good at using digital technology, he added.
ANTARA reported earlier that the General Elections Commission (KPU)-Jakarta Office has received 33,727,852 ballot papers for the House of Representatives (DPR), Jakarta's legislative body (DPRD), presidential, and Regional Representatives Council (DPD) elections, which are due to be held simultaneously on February 14.
The KPU has announced that a total of 204,807,222 voters have been registered on the final voter list for the parliamentary and presidential elections.
The KPU 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 elections.
As part of 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, and the fourth round on January 21. The fifth round is scheduled to be held on February 4.
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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