Inp.polri.go.id - Jakarta. The Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU), Hasyim Asy'ari, has declared that asserted that the viral video circulating on social media showing overseas ballot counting results was deemed false,
He said that the counting of ballots for the 2024 elections overseas is scheduled to be conducted simultaneously with the counting in Indonesia, antaranews.com reported.
"Therefore, if there is any publication of overseas vote counting results before 14 February 2024, we assure you that it is false," he said in a statement on Saturday (10/2/2024).
A 27-second viral video on social media, specifically on X or Twitter, showed activities at polling stations and accompanied by captions regarding the results of the 2024 Elections abroad Uploaded on Wednesday, the video has been viewed 2.8 million times and reposted 342 times. Subsequently, the video sparked various discussions.
Chairman Hasyim said that voting overseas has indeed been conducted earlier than in Indonesia due to three modes of overseas voting : polling stations, postal voting, and mobile ballot boxes.
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