Jakarta. National Police will assign almost 300,000 officers to ensure the security of the country in the July 9 presidential election, and they will be supported by the military and civilian patrolmen, according to Antara.
“The National Police troops would be assisted by the soldiers and People Protection [Linmas] officers,” Gen. Sutarman, National Police chief, was quoted as saying by state-run Antara news agency on Wednesday.
Sutarman said that the National Police would assign around 294,000 officers, while the Indonesian military would assign 23,000 soldiers.
The National Police would also work with the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) and General Election Commission (KPU) to make sure that the election operates without incident.
He advised people to also participate in maintaining security conditions in their regions, and to remain calm when expressing their political views.
“Don’t let any pressure, especially money politics when voting,” Sutarman said, adding that National Police would remain neutral.
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