VOI - Voice of Indonesia | RRI - Radio Republik Indonesia

The registration stage of Political Party Verification, which began on 1 Gustus Until August 14, 2022, was carried out centrally by the General Election Commissions Republic of Indonesia. General Election Commissions Nunukan invited the Political Party administrator to a coordination meeting (30/7) on the Sweetness Cafe port road.

The election participant verification coordination meeting covers General Election Commissions Regulation, Number 4 About Election Participant Political Parties Verification. Rahman Nunukan, the chair of the General Election Commission, claims that there are 4 parts to the registration of political parties at the current election stage.

Constitutional Court Decree No. 55 of 2020, Political Parties, which has a representative in the 9th Parpol service, only conducts administrative verification, political parties that have seats in the DPR, Provincial House of Representatives, Council House of Representatives. Regency 2019 election results, as well as Political Parties which did not pick up seats in the 2019 election, including the new party, will go through an administrative and factual verification process.

"Registration in this election is different from previous election registrations. Regency/City General Election Commissions is just waiting if necessary verification, including administrative verification, is also carried out by the General Election Commissions Republic of Indonesia. All documents go through Political Party Information System at the General Election Commissions Republic of Indonesia, at the district level factual and administrative verification are carried out including the management outside of the 9 parties,” explained Rahman, Sunday (31/7/2022).

In general, representatives of political parties request a mechanism of procedures for data correction, clarification, sub-district level verification, management data for party administrators, and population data for political party administrators at the coordination meeting. (VOI)

After two years of not opening direct family visits, The Nunukan Prison residents Class II B can meet their families after the prison opens family visits. The head of the Nunukan Prison, I Wayan Nurasta Wibawa, said that since the Covid-19 pandemic, inmates have been only allowed to communicate with their families online to avoid the spread of Covid-19 in the Nunukan Prison.

"We certainly don't want to take risks to the inmates, especially since there are s so many of them. So that in the last two years, communication with families has only been online," said Wayan, Monday (01/08/2022).

According to him, direct family visits can provide positive energy for the inmates by ensuring that the family is in good and healthy condition.

"When they meet their children, their wives will certainly feel calmer, and from the family, they can make sure that the inmates here are in good health," he added.

In addition to family visits, activities in prison are also back to normal, such as routine social and religious activities. (VOI)

The diversity of Indonesian marine biota is still under threat of degradation due to human activities. The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) noted that the mangrove deforestation rate in 2020 reached 19.6 thousand hectares per year, then 2018 data stated that 71.2 percent of coral reefs were in poor condition.

"The mangrove deforestation rate is 19.6 thousand hectares / year (KLHK, 2020), 71.2 percent of coral reefs are in bad condition (LIPI, 2018)," said Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono as quoted in the Working Meeting on Transformation of BRSDM Towards BPSDM which broadcast on YouTube BRDSM TV, Wednesday (3/8/2022).

To fix this, KKP said Sakti is now trying to expand the conservation area with a target of reaching 30% of Indonesia's marine area. In other words, it will expand the marine conservation area to 32.5 million hectares.

Sakti said the expansion is targeted for completion in 2030. He is also optimistic that this target will be achieved, considering that until 2021 the expansion of the marine conservation area has reached 28.4 million hectares.

"Expanding a closed marine conservation area with a target of 30% of Indonesia's sea area," he explained.

Sakti hopes that this policy will be able to maintain the existing carbon sequestration. This includes increasing the fish population in each Measured Fishing Zone (PIT).

"The target is high carbon value and increasing fish stocks in each PIT zone," he said. (RRI)

Spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Mohammad Syahril, confirmed that there was a new suspected case of monkeypox in Indonesia.

According to him, one suspect is an Indonesian citizen (WNI) from Central Java who is 55 years old.

"A man, 55 years old, not a foreign traveler (PPLN)," said Syahril in a written statement, Wednesday (3/8/2022).

However, he refused to mention when the incident occurred when the resident experienced monkeypox symptoms.

Meanwhile, one suspect is currently waiting for a PCR test to determine whether he is actually infected with monkeypox or not.

"The monkeypox suspect is currently being treated in isolation at a private hospital in Central Java for further treatment and examination to ensure monkeypox or not. A PCR lab examination will be carried out to confirm it," he added.

Syahril also asked the public to remain calm and not panic about the new suspect.

According to him, the suspect could only be sick with ordinary smallpox. Because the symptoms of ordinary smallpox with monkeypox are almost the same.

"It could just be normal smallpox or other diseases not monkeypox," he concluded.

Previously, the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) revealed that there were 9 Indonesian citizens who had just arrived from an endemic country for monkeypox. Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said the results of laboratory tests on nine patients with suspected smallpox status showed negative results.

"So far, there have been around nine suspects, spread throughout Indonesia. But we have tested in Jakarta and all of them showed negative results," said Budi Gunadi Sadikin after the launch of the SatuSehat Platform at the Raffles Hotel, Jakarta, Tuesday (26/7/ 2022). (RRI)