JAKARTA - The electoral process, functioning of government and political participation are the key measurements of democracy which can easily be observed through elections.
In a time of economic turbulence, the elections will be held based upon completely opposite reasons: sustainability of public governance or fulfilling the interest of those with political power. First, the government has not yet considered mechanisms to hold elections based on the regions' Covid-19 risk level.
Moreover, all polling stations will conduct extra sanitary procedures and body temperature checks, implement a mandatory mask-wearing policy and require all poll workers to prove they test negative for the virus. More than 50 countries and territories, including Austria, France and Burundi, have cancelled or postponed national and subnational elections due to the pandemic.
E-voting was tried already even before the pandemic, and the country's postal service can reach almost all parts of the country.
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