(Fighting new crown pneumonia) Indonesia has confirmed more than 250,000 new crowns, President Joko said that local elections will be held as scheduled
China News Agency, Jakarta, September 22 (Reporter Lin Yongchuan) The official website of the Indonesian government's new crown pneumonia epidemic announced on the afternoon of the 22nd that there were 4,071 new confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the country that day, and the total number of confirmed cases has exceeded 250,000, reaching 252,923; new There were 160 deaths and a total of 9837 deaths.
Although the country has set a high number of new confirmed cases in a single day and a new high in the number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak, Indonesia’s President Joko said that the local elections scheduled for December 9 will be held as scheduled and will no longer be affected. Snooze.
Starting from September 14, due to the continued deterioration of the epidemic, the Indonesian capital Jakarta implemented a two-week tentative "large-scale social restriction" measure for the second time.
The picture shows a citizen wearing a mask waiting for the bus at a bus stop.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Lin Yongchuan
Indonesian media relayed a press release issued by Presidential Office spokesperson Rahman, saying that “the government cannot predict when the new crown pneumonia epidemic will end. Therefore, the local election voting on December 9 will continue as planned.”
Joko emphasized that election activities must strictly abide by anti-epidemic and sanitation regulations and requires law enforcement agencies to severely sanction those who violate the regulations.
This year is the "election year" for the local governors of Indonesia. 270 regions across the country will simultaneously vote for 9 governors, 37 mayors and 224 county heads. The original voting date is September 23.
Due to the spread of the epidemic, Joko signed an emergency decree on May 4 to postpone the large-scale election campaign until the end of the year.
On July 14, the Indonesian National Assembly passed a decree on the postponement of the election of local chiefs to formally set the election polling day as December 9.
Recently, the number of new cases and deaths in a single day in Indonesia has repeatedly set new highs, and the epidemic situation has continued to deteriorate.
Among the more than 700 candidates registered for the election, more than 60 have been diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia. The chairman of the Indonesian Election Commission, Arif Budiman, has also been diagnosed with the infection recently.
Concerned about election activities, several major Islamic organizations, including the country’s largest religious organization Islamic Confederation (Islam), called on the government to postpone the election again until the end of the epidemic, but the largest ruling party struggled the Democratic Party insisted that the election be It was originally planned.
According to local media reports, Indonesian Minister of Religion Fahrul Raz has recently been diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia, becoming the country's third cabinet minister to be diagnosed.
Earlier, the Minister of Transport Budi Kariasumadi and the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries Eddie Prapowo were both confirmed to be infected.
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