A senior minister has said the government will not intervene in the work of a recently assembled committee to select new election administrators and supervisors, dismissing critics’ concerns of conflicts of interest as the committee was filled with government allies.
Speaking in a livestreamed press conference on Friday, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD emphasised that the government had selected “credible” people in the selection committee, which will oversee the selection process to seek suitable candidates to serve in the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu).
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