Jakarta, July 9 (Antara) - The presidential election held across the
country on Wednesday was peaceful and without any major hindrances.
National Police Chief General Sutarman reported to Coordinating
Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto that in
general the polling process in all the regions of Indonesia was
implemented in a smooth, peaceful and orderly manner.
The National Police chief said his rank and file had conducted
monitoring and maintained security at 486,866 polling stations across
the country. "Security officers had been deployed at polling stations to
maintain law and order. We had also conducted patrols with adequate
number of personnel. On the whole, there was no problem, particularly in
Jakarta," the National Police chief said.
On the occasion, a teleconference was also held to brief the minister
about the security conditions in the regions by regional police chiefs.
"Today, the chief political, legal and security minister is with us to
listen to information from various police forces in the region (Regional
Police and Resort Police) on the implementation of the 2014
presidential elections," Gen. Sutarman said.
Various Regional Police, including the forces of Aceh, Central Java,
Bali, South Sulawesi, and Maluku, reported the security conditions.
In response to the report, Chief Security Minister Djoko Suyanto
expressed his appreciation to all security apparatuses that had carried
out the task of ensuring the implementation of the 2014 presidential
elections.
"We are proud that the implementation of the elections was conducive.
This was possible because of the participation of the regional police,
resort police, the military, and other security elements," said Djoko
Suyanto.
The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Commander Gen. Moeldoko agreed,
saying that the presidential elections had been held peacefully and
securely.
"We hope the security condition will remain conducive," he said.
He said that the monitoring of security conditions had been conducted
not only by the Jakarta Military Command post, but also by the Army's
Strategic Command (Kostrad), the Special Military Task Force, the Marine
Corps, and the Air Force command post.
Moeldoko said that some of the soldiers deployed to secure security
conditions had assisted police forces such as the Jakarta Police and
Resort Police commands in a number of regions.
He said that regional military personnel should take immediate action
if they come across unlawful acts that could disrupt the implementation
of the elections.
"The military must act in anticipation of the occurrence of fraud. The
ballot boxes must be closely guarded during transportation, so that they
might not be stolen or burned (by unscrupulous parties)," he said.
Moeldoko had accompanied Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro while
monitoring the security condition in Jakarta on Wednesday. Minister
Purnomo Yusgiantoro said the election had run smoothly and peacefully
without any major obstacles.
"The implementation of the election was conducive," the defense
minister said after observing the pacification of the election process
at a Jakarta Military Command's post in East Jakarta.
During the observation tour of the command post, the minister was
accompanied by General Moeldoko, Army Chief Gen. Budiman, Navy Chief
Admiral Marsetio, Air Force Chief Marshal Ida Bagus Putu Dunia, and the
chief of the Jakarta Military Command.
With regard to the security conditions in the capital city Jakarta,
Jakarta Police Spokesman Senior Commissioner Rikwanto said it was
favorable.
"We have been conducting patrols continuously using cars and
helicopters. Up till now, the situation in Jakarta has been conducive,"
said Rikwanto.
He said the Jakarta police personnel had been deployed to various areas
in the city, including in small islands near Jakarta, to observe and
maintain peaceful situation. Rikwanto called on people to remain calm
and not be provoked by negative issues during the election process.
"The
police patrol is conducted to ensure a peaceful election process in
Jakarta and to answer people's concern of possible chaotic situation,"
said Rikwanto.
The Jakarta Metropolitan Police had deployed a total of 22,101
personnel to maintain security in Jakarta. In addition, 7,300 military
personnel and 65,820 community protection (Linmas) personnel have been
deployed to assist in securing the situation in Jakarta, particularly in
32,874 polling booths.
The ruling Democratic Party (PD) Executive Chairman Syarief Hasan had
commended the National Police, the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI), task
forces, nongovernmental organizations, including political
organizations' stakeholders, for their participation in making the
election a success.
"The election process has been peaceful. The occurrence of untoward
incidents here and there is something usual," he said.
Syarief Hasan also appreciated the work of the presidential election
organizers that has enabled the event to run peacefully. "We thank all
sides that have helped the peaceful implementation of the election
across the country," Syarief Hasan said after casting his vote in Jl
Widya Chandra 8 here on Wednesday.
Syarief, who is also the minister of cooperatives and small-scale
business (UKM), said his party highly appreciated the General Elections
Commission (KPU), the Polling Organizers Group (KPPS), and the Election
Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), which continued to monitor the execution
of the elections.
He cited as an example a competition that was colored with untoward
incidents in the field, yet the decision of the referee was final.
The Indonesian people flocked to polling stations to vote for a new
president for the 2014-2019 term of office on Wednesday.
According
to the KPU, a total of 190,307,134 eligible voters have been registered
for the election on July 9, 2014, with 486,866 polling stations set up
across the archipelago. The total number of eligible voters included
2,038,711 from overseas, who cast their votes three to four days ahead
of the nationwide polling day.
The presidential election is being contested by two pairs of
presidential and vice presidential candidates, Prabowo Subianto with
Hatta Rajasa as his running mate, and Joko Widodo who pairs with Jusuf
Kalla.
The winning pair will be officially inaugurated as the country's seventh president and vice president in October 2014.
Based on unofficial quick counts by a number of survey institutes such
as SMRC, LSI, Indikator, CSIS-Cyrrus, Kompas and RRI, the Jokowi-Kalla
pair had won an average 52 percent of the votes, while the Prabowo-Hatta
duo had secured about 47 percent.
The official results of the election will be announced by the KPU on July 22, 2014. ***1***
(T.A014/INE/B003)
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