"Certainly the vibes are different, it's certain that in Japan it's not too busy. However, because of this election, there is a desire to do research here and there, so my political literacy is better than before," he said.
He admitted that he had studied candidates at both the presidential and legislative levels from various sources, especially social media.
“The abundance of political educational content on social media is really helpful. Thus I am open about political issues and which presidential candidate I vote for," she said.
Zahra also admitted that she did not miss the live broadcast of the presidential and vice-presidential debate via the Internet, even though it was broadcast late at night due to the time difference with the debate venue in Jakarta. According to her, the voters characteristics of today - most of whom are young - are increasingly curious about the ideas of election contestants who will determine Indonesia's future in the next five years.
"If there is a religious issue in 2019, I will be lazy about following it. Now the strategy is to target young people through TikTok Live. Even though there are gimmicks and dancing, the idea is still being offered," he said.
Zahra chose to use her voting rights by post due to distance and having to take care of her three children. He felt that he had made a solid choice and invited Indonesian citizens in Japan who had not yet exercised their voting rights to vote according to their conscience through the polling station.
“Our voices are so influential. Don't let it be lost and misused by irresponsible parties who play with our voices," she said.
In contrast to Zahra, Aisar, who has experienced previous elections in Japan, admitted that this year the tension and friction were not too high because there were three pairs of presidential candidates, rather than only two in the 2019 elections.
"This year it seems to be cool because there are three candidate pairs. This is different from before, there were only two, it was 'hot'," he said.
In the 2019 elections, Indonesian citizens who live in Tokyo voted in the polling station. However, this year he chose by post for practical reasons. He also appealed to fellow Indonesian voters not to abstain.
“Yes, I have voted. If the presidential candidates were easy, there would only be three choices. There are a lot of people in this legislative election and the ballot papers are big. My advice to those who vote at the polling station is to find out first; so you're not worried about being confused when you open the papers in the voting booth," he said.
Likewise, Dian Bulan also chose to go by post because it was more efficient than coming to the polling station.
“I used to vote at the polling station when I was on the Osaka overseas election committee. Currently, I prefer by post. Ballots have been received. God willing, I will vote this week," he said, adding that he would choose candidates according to their shared vision and mission.
"From the past, my party's choices have never changed," he said.
According to the Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU), the postal voting period is from 5-14 February 2024. In Japan, voting at the polling station will be held on Sunday, 11 February 2024. However, the simultaneous vote count will be on 14-15 February 2024.
Based on data from the Tokyo overseas election committee, in total, there are 29,434 voters, 18,334 men and 11,100 women. Meanwhile, 2,847 voters will vote at the polling station, and 26,587 voters by post. Regarding the supervision of the 2024 election process, neither the election committee nor the election supervising committee of Tokyo has responded.
Previously, the Indonesian General Election Supervising Agency (Bawaslu) appealed to 60 overseas election supervising committee points to ensure that the 2024 elections were carried out safely and without any fraud. The committees were asked to be aware of the possibility of voters using their voting rights twice because voting was carried out early. (Antara)
Indonesian citizens (WNI) general election participants in Japan have begun to exercise their voting rights in the 2024 elections.
One of the voters, Zahra Rabbiradlia, told Antara when contacted in Tokyo, Sunday, that she had already voted, both the presidential and vice presidential candidates and candidates for legislative.
The 2024 election will be the first time for the diaspora living in Yokohama to exercise their right to vote abroad.
"Certainly the vibes are different, it's certain that in Japan it's not too busy. "But, because of this election, there is a desire to do research here and there, so my political literacy is better than before," he said.
He admitted that he had studied candidates at both the presidential and legislative levels from various sources, especially social media.
“The abundance of political educational content on social media is really helpful . "So, I am open about political issues and which presidential candidate I choose," he said.
Zahra also admitted that she did not miss the live broadcast of the presidential and vice presidential debate via the internet even though it was broadcast late at night due to the two-hour early difference in Japan.
According to him, the character of voters today, most of whom are young, is increasingly curious about the ideas of election contestants who will determine Indonesia's future in the next five years.
"If there is a religious issue in 2019, I will be lazy about following it. "Now the strategy is to target young people through live TikTok, even though there are gimmicks , dancing, the idea is still being sold," he said.
Zahra chose to use her voting rights by post due to distance and having to take care of her three children.
He felt that he had made a solid choice and invited Indonesian citizens in Sakura Country who had not yet exercised their voting rights to vote according to their conscience through the post or polling station (TPS).
“Our voices are so influential. "Don't let it be lost and misused by irresponsible parties who play with our voices," he said.
In contrast to Zahra, Aisar, who has experienced previous elections in Japan, admitted that this year the tension and friction were not too high because there were three pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates rather than only two in the 2019 elections
. "This year it seems to be cool, because there are three candidate pairs. "This is different from before, there were only two, it was 'hot'," he said.
In the 2019 elections, Indonesian citizens who live in Tokyo voted via TPS. However, this year he chose by post for practical reasons.
“Yes, I have voted. If the presidential candidates were easy, there would only be three choices. There are a lot of people in this legislative election and the ballot papers are big. "My advice to those who vote at the TPS is to find out first, if you're worried you'll be confused when you open the voting booth," he said.
He also appealed to fellow Indonesian voters not to abstain.
Likewise, Dian Bulan also chose to go by post because it was more efficient than coming to the polling station.
“I used to vote at the TPS when I was on the Osaka PPLN committee. Currently I prefer by post. Ballots have been received. "God willing, I will vote this week," he said, adding that he would choose candidates according to their shared vision and mission.
"From the past, my party's choices have never changed," he said.
According to the General Election Commission (KPU), the postal voting period is from 5-14 February 2024.
In Japan, voting at TPS will be held on Sunday, 11 February 2024. However, the simultaneous vote count will be on 14-15 February 2024.
Based on Tokyo PPLN data , in total there are 29,434 voters, 18,334 men and 11,100 women, meanwhile, there are 2,847 voters who will vote at the TPS, 26,587 voters by post.
Regarding the supervision of the 2024 election process and supervision, neither PPLN Tokyo nor Panwaslu Tokyo have provided a response.
Previously, Bawaslu appealed to 60 Overseas Panwaslu points to ensure that the 2024 elections were carried out safely and without any fraud.
The LN Panwaslu was asked to be aware of the possibility of voters using their voting rights twice because voting was carried out early.
