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VOI, Jakarta - The Budapest Overseas Election Committee (PPLN) in Hungary has collected data on the list of additional overseas voters (DPTbLN) in several areas that are pockets of Indonesian citizens (WNI) in Hungary for the 2024 General Election.

Quoting Antara, Budapest PPLN Chairman Agung Wicaksono in his official release received by Indonesia Window here on Sunday explained that the data collection for additional voters took place on October 8, 2023, October 13, 2023, and October 15-18, 2023.

Agung said that during the data collection, PPLN recorded more than 100 additional voters, mostly Indonesian migrant workers and students who had just arrived in Hungary. He estimated that the number could increase considering that Indonesian migrant workers and students continue to come to Hungary to study and work.

On the sidelines of the data collection event, PPLN Budapest also held a socialization event for Indonesian citizens regarding the stages of the 2024 Election, including voting in Hungary.

"PPLN Budapest is committed to making the 2024 General Election process understandable to all voters in Hungary. This socialization and data collection effort is an important step to ensure the active participation of the Indonesian people in this (democratic) process," Agung said.

In the same official release, Agung detailed PPLN Budapest's socialization and data collection activities in the past two weeks.

"On October 8, 2023, the first event was held at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia (KBRI) in Budapest with participants from among students in Hungary," he said.

He added that Indonesian students who have the right to vote and have just arrived in Hungary are the main target of the activity. The event was also supported by the Indonesian Student Association in Hungary.

Then on October 13, 2023, PPLN Budapest collaborated with the Muhammadiyah Hungary Special Branch to socialize the 2024 Election. Members of PPLN Budapest, on the same day, also traveled to Szarvas City to record Indonesian migrant workers as well as provide information on how they could vote during elections in Hungary.

The other agenda took place on October 15, 2023 and October 18, 2023 at the Indonesian migrant workers' dormitory in Budapest.

"This activity is important because many Indonesian migrant workers have just arrived in Hungary. PPLN Budapest seeks to ensure that their voting rights can be accommodated," Agung said.
Not only that, PPLN Budapest also held counseling related to elections and data collection of additional voters in Pecs City on October 17, 2023, Agung added. (VOI)