Peaceful Regional Elections Through Community Participation
By : Safira Tri Ningsih )*
The community is the main key in creating safe and peaceful regional elections. With the active participation of the community, regional head elections can run smoothly without disruption. Through strict supervision and solid cooperation, we can all ensure that every stage of the election takes place honestly and fairly.
The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of North Penajam Paser Regency, East Kalimantan Province, hopes for public participation in overseeing the implementation of regional head elections (pilkada) so that they take place safely and peacefully.
The community has a crucial role in ensuring that regional elections run smoothly and without obstacles. Active community involvement not only strengthens democracy but also fosters a sense of collective responsibility for election results.
Bawaslu North Penajam Paser Regency realizes that they cannot work alone. Therefore, community participation is highly expected in carrying out supervision so that the regional elections run safely and peacefully.
This involvement is not just as a spectator, but as an active observer who is ready to report all forms of violations that occur during the election process. Bawaslu’s success in carrying out its duties as supervisor of the democratic party is not measured by the number of violations found, but by the minimum number of violations that occur.
When none of the participants or successful teams commit violations, Bawaslu is considered successful in creating a conducive environment for regional elections. Community participation in regional election supervision really helps Bawaslu in minimizing the potential for violations.
Community participation is highly expected to maintain the smooth running of the regional election process. When the public discovers regional election violations, they are asked to immediately report it to the North Penajam Paser Regency Bawaslu for follow-up.
In this way, the potential for violations can be minimized and the election process can run better.
Bawaslu North Penajam Paser Regency continues to strive to increase community participation in regional election supervision.
They appealed to all elements of society to participate in monitoring the implementation of the regional elections.
This effort includes conducting outreach regarding the role of the community in monitoring the regional election stages.This socialization was attended by a number of Community Organizations (Ormas) and Community Empowerment Institutions (LPM), as well as the National and Political Unity Agency (Bakesbangpol), TNI-Polri, and the District Attorney’s Office (Kejari) in North Penajam Paser Regency.
