Democracy & Economy CRAPS kiss my ass! Hundreds died for GE! Then 1st thing New Govt say is ABANDON Overpopulated Capital! CB?

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318 election officials die, more than 2,000 ill after Indonesia's mammoth single-day poll

Ms Masnun, 38, a widow of a security official assigned to a Bekasi polling station who died of exhaustion, points to a white board containing praises on her late husband and other victims.ST PHOTO: WAHYUDI SOERIAATMADJA
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Apr 30, 2019, 6:14 pm SGT
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Wahyudi Soeriaatmadja
Indonesia Correspondent

JAKARTA - Kindergarten teacher Tursina Maya's days were packed on and around the election on April 17, the biggest single day poll held anywhere in the world and one of the most complicated with 240,000 candidates running for office.
For the first time ever, Indonesians were simultaneously taking part in presidential as well legislative polls.
A day ahead of the poll, Ms Tursina and her neighbours, who were tasked to manage their polling station in North Jakarta, held meetings, set up a tent, desks and instruction signs. They worked tirelessly from morning to midnight.
On D-day, she continued working the clock, administering to voters before proceeding to the more daunting task of counting ballots.
The next day, the 42-year-old mother ended up in hospital and had to be warded for four nights because of exhaustion and elevated blood pressure.
She was, however, luckier than Abdul Rohim, 40, a security officer assigned to a polling station in Bekasi, West Java. He was admitted to an Intensive Care Unit (ICU), suffering from exhaustion and heart pain. He died subsequently.


As at 8am on Tuesday (April 30), 318 polling station committee officials have died and 2,232 fell ill, said the general election commission (KPU), which oversaw the polls.

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"Many of them had to stay up through two nights and not while they had coffee to watch football games, but while they were under pressure amid efforts of ensuring there was no miscounting," said Mr Pramono Ubaid Tantowi, a KPU commissioner, on Tuesday.
After polls closed on April 17, ballots were first manually counted at more than 800,000 polling stations. The counting at many polling stations lasted until past midnight and officials then had to oversee the transport of ballot boxes to collection points, which were plagued with long queues, adding to delays. The results of the polling stations were then tallied at the sub-district, district and provincial offices before ending up in the national vote tally in Jakarta.
Election officials were tasked to monitor closely each stage of the counting process.
A normal person would be able to work hard for eight straight hours and then stay awake for the following eight hours before he has to get six hours' sleep, Mr Pramono said, citing medical doctors.
Under the existing election law, manual vote counting at a polling station must be completed within the same day (midnight deadline) and a Supreme Court decree stipulates it could be extended for 12 hours conditionally but without any break in the vote-counting period, Mr Pramono noted.
"I started my day around 5am and wrapped up around the same time the next day," said Ms Tursina, stressing that staying up all night working was the part that caused her physical stamina to drop.
After finishing vote counting at around midnight, she oversaw the transport of ballot boxes to a collection point until 3am.
She recalled that in the last election in 2014, when the legislative poll was held a few months earlier ahead of the presidential one, manual vote counting mostly finished by 5pm.
Mr Abdul Rohim's widow, Madam Masnun, 38, said her husband felt exceptionally tired after the Wednesday polls and rested at home. He was rushed to a clinic on Friday and died on the subsequent Wednesday (April 24).
"On Monday (April 22) he said he felt pain on the chest. Then he did not speak at all until Wednesday," Ms Masnun told reporters on the sidelines of a seminar in Jakarta held by Ombudsman Indonesia.
The seminar was the beginning of a study of the 2019 election by the independent agency overseeing public services in the country.
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Ten days after Indonesia held the world’s biggest single-day elections, more than 270 election staff have died. The workers have died mostly of fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours of work counting millions of ballot papers by hand, an official said on Sunday.

• 272 workers die from exhaustion after world’s biggest single-day election in Indonesia

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More than 300 election workers, police officers in Indonesia die of exhaustion

The electoral commission said a total of 150 workers died from similar causes during the 2014 presidential and legislative elections, which were held three months apart.ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
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Apr 29, 2019, 1:52 pm SGT
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JAKARTA (DPA) - At least 287 polling station workers and 18 police officers have died mainly from exhaustion and illnesses associated with overwork after Indonesia's elections this month, officials said on Monday (April 29).
The world's fourth-largest country held the legislative and presidential elections in a single day for the first time on April 17, but the high death toll have prompted public calls for the polls to be held separately.
"So far, 287 election workers across the country have died and 2,095 have fallen ill," said Mr Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman for the General Election Commission.
"The main cause of the deaths is exhaustion and some accidents and illnesses caused by exhaustion," he added.
The electoral commission said a total of 150 workers died from similar causes during the 2014 presidential and legislative elections, which were held three months apart.
More than seven million workers were involved in what many experts described as the world's largest and most complicated single-day election, with voting and vote-counting conducted manually. Nearly 193 million Indonesians were eligible to vote, with the turnout estimated at 81 per cent.


Voters elected a president, 575 members of the House of Representatives, 136 members of the Regional Representative Council and almost 20,000 members of local legislatures.
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Officials said holding the elections simultaneously was a cost-saving measure, but it has proved to be a massive logistical challenge to distribute ballot papers and ballot boxes across the far-flung archipelago.
National police spokesman Dedi Prasetyo said 18 officers also died from working long hours during the elections. The government has promised to provide compensation of up to 36 million rupiah (S$3,460) for surviving families.
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ko Widodo, said the election commission was “not prudent in managing the workload” of its staff.

Widodo and Subianto both declared victory following the vote. Initial counts, however, suggest Widodo will emerge as the victor. The final count is slated to be announced May 22.

 

[eatshitndie]

not enough kopi, kaya toast, shake kaki and khalwat. must relac a bit.

 

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Abandon Jakarta: Indonesia again mulls plan for new capital
02:29, Apr 30 2019

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Indonesia's decades-long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after president Joko Widodo on Monday approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta.
Widodo decided at a special Cabinet meeting to move the capital outside of Indonesia's most populous island, Java, said planning minister Bambang Brodjonegoro.
It was one of three options discussed. The other alternatives were moving to a location near Jakarta or staying put and relocating all government buildings to a special zone around the presidential palace.
The site for a possible new capital hasn't been announced, but Palangkaraya on the island of Borneo has often been rumoured as the location. Brodjonegoro, however, said eastern Indonesia is favoured.

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"This is a big job, impossible to take just one year, it could take up to 10 years," he said.
Prone to flooding and rapidly sinking due to uncontrolled ground water extraction, Jakarta is the archetypical Asian mega-city creaking under the weight of its dysfunction.

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The central business district skyline is seen at dusk in Jakarta. Indonesia's decades-long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward.
Only 4 per cent of Jakarta's waste water is treated, according to the government, causing massive pollution to rivers and contaminating the ground water that supplies the city. Congestion is estimated to cost the economy $US6.5 billion a year.
Before the cabinet meeting, Widodo said other countries such as Malaysia, South Korea and Brazil set up new capitals as part of their development as nations.
"The idea to move the capital city appeared long ago," he said. "But it has never been decided or discussed in a planned and mature manner."
Improving inadequate infrastructure in the country of 260 million has been Widodo's signature policy and helped him win a second term in elections earlier this month.
Brodjonegoro said a new capital would require an area of 30,000 to 40,000 hectares (about 74,000 to 99,000 acres) and have a population of between 900,000 and 1.5 million.
Jakarta has a population of about 30 million in its greater metropolitan area.


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Indonesia Continues to Mull Plan to Abandon Jakarta for New Capital
Discussion on the move continues despite the significant challenges that remain.

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April 30, 2019







Indonesia’s decades-long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta.
Jokowi decided at a special Cabinet meeting to move the capital outside of Indonesia’s most populous island, Java, said Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro. It was one of three options discussed. The other alternatives were moving to a location near Jakarta or staying put and relocating all government buildings to a special zone around the presidential palace.
The site for a possible new capital hasn’t been announced, but Palangkaraya on the island of Borneo has often been rumored as the location. Brodjonegoro, however, said eastern Indonesia is favored.
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“This is a big job, impossible to take just one year, it could take up to 10 years,” he said.
Prone to flooding and rapidly sinking due to uncontrolled ground water extraction, Jakarta is the archetypal Asian mega-city creaking under the weight of its dysfunction. Only 4% of Jakarta’s waste water is treated, according to the government, causing massive pollution to rivers and contaminating the ground water that supplies the city. Congestion is estimated to cost the economy $6.5 billion a year.
Before the Cabinet meeting, Jokowi said other countries such as Malaysia, South Korea and Brazil set up new capitals as part of their development as nations.
“The idea to move the capital city appeared long ago,” he said. “But it has never been decided or discussed in a planned and mature manner.”
Improving inadequate infrastructure in the country of 260 million has been Jokowi’s signature policy and helped him win a second term in elections earlier this month.
Brodjonegoro said a new capital would require an area of 30,000 to 40,000 hectares (about 74,000 to 99,000 acres) and have a population of between 900,000 and 1.5 million.
Jakarta has a population of about 30 million in its greater metropolitan area.
Reported by The Associated Press.



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Abandon ship! Indonesia plans to move capital city as it is slowly sinking underwater
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The world’s fourth most populous country Indonesia looks set to move its capital city away from flood-prone, sinking and overcrowded Jakarta to elsewhere on the Asian archipelago, according to the country’s planning minister.
“The president chose to relocate the capital city to outside of Java, an important decision,” Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said of disputed President Joko Widodo’s proposal and campaign promise.
The minister cited examples such as Brazil, Australia and Kazakhstan which all, at one point, moved their capital cities. The official presidential election results are due on May 22 and Widiodo’s rival Prabowo Subianto has also claimed victory.
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Jakarta boasts an official population of over 10 million, with around three times that number living in its sprawling metropolitan area, while some 60 percent of Indonesia’s 260 million people live on the island of Java.
Half of the flood-prone capital is below sea level and it continues to sink at an alarming rate; one World Bank report found that Jakarta could be 40cm to 60cm lower in 2025 than it was in 2008. Such sinkage would allow the sea to enter as far as the Presidential Palace, which is some five kilometers inland. Moving the capital could take up to a decade, however.
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“Moving the capital requires thorough and detailed preparation,” Widiodo said following the announcement, though a new location has yet to be decided. One early contender is Palangkaraya on the part-Indonesian island of Borneo, where some 300,000 hectares of land has already been prepared for habitation in the event it is selected as the new capital.
The issue has come up many times before since Indonesia gained independence from the Dutch in 1945, but none of the country’s six presidents have managed to carry out the audacious move so far.
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Abandon Jakarta: Indonesia again mulls plan for new capital

• President Joko Widodo decided at a special cabinet meeting to move the capital outside of Indonesia’s most populous island, Java
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The central business district skyline is seen during the dusk in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, April 29, 2019. Indonesia's decades-long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after President Joko Widodo approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Indonesia’s decades-long discussion about building a new capital has inched forward after President Joko Widodo on Monday approved a long-term plan for the government to abandon overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta.
Widodo decided at a special cabinet meeting to move the capital outside of Indonesia’s most populous island, Java, said Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro. It was one of three options discussed. The other alternatives were moving to a location near Jakarta or staying put and relocating all government buildings to a special zone around the presidential palace.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo. Photo: Bloomberg
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The site for a possible new capital hasn’t been announced, but Palangkaraya on the island of Borneo has often been rumoured as the location. Brodjonegoro, however, said eastern Indonesia is favoured.
“This is a big job, impossible to take just one year, it could take up to 10 years,” he said.
Why all of Asia should hope Widodo’s second term is successful
Prone to flooding and rapidly sinking due to uncontrolled groundwater extraction, Jakarta is the archetypical Asian mega-city creaking under the weight of its dysfunction. Only 4 per cent of Jakarta’s waste water is treated, according to the government, causing massive pollution to rivers and contaminating the groundwater that supplies the city. Congestion is estimated to cost the economy US$6.5 billion a year.
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Before the cabinet meeting, Widodo said other countries such as Malaysia, South Korea and Brazil set up new capitals as part of their development as nations.

“The idea to move the capital city appeared long ago,” he said. “But it has never been decided or discussed in a planned and mature manner.”

An aerial photograph of buildings in Jakarta’s business district near Semanggi Interchange. Photo: Bloomberg
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Improving inadequate infrastructure in the country of 260 million has been Widodo’s signature policy and helped him win a second term in elections earlier this month.
Brodjonegoro said a new capital would require an area of 30,000 to 40,000 hectares and have a population of between 900,000 and 1.5 million.
Jakarta has a population of about 30 million in its greater metropolitan area.

 

[democracy my butt]

Dear Fucking Peasants,

Thanks for you stupid votes!

Yes, as your new president My 1st Policy Announcement is to ABANDON YOU here! Not High & Dry but Sinking and Drowning! Yes Capital City is fucking sinking and over-populated! PONDING BIG TIME! No hope!

I will flee with my Presidential Palace a new one else where, so will be all the Mininistries and Ministers who you just voted! Not only that! Your MPs and the whole fucking Parliament with opposition and what not! So are the foreign embassies and consulates! So are the Supreme Courts, Army & Police HQ, National Banks, Treasury, Business HQs, Banks' HQ, Stock Exchange, Forex Exchange, Custom Duty & Tax depts.... Yes we all will fucking flee from you!

Elections are over, forget about election promises! They are Talk-Cock as usual, you don't believe go as Singapore PAP & Istana!

Thanks! & Huat Ah!

President Tua Kee!

 

[Tony Tan]

Over population has only one cure = NUKE!

 

[HongKanSeng]

If he told voters that his manifesto is to move capital away from Jakarta he would had lost even his fucking deposits!