VIVAnews - The Department of Foreign Affairs instructed heads of Indonesian representatives abroad to send diplomatic notes to inform the respective countries about the Indonesian Elections.
Foreign Affairs Minister Hassan Wirajuda said Indonesian citizens abroad have low participation in the Elections due to administrativeissues as well as difficulties in leaving their offices early. However, Singapore, for example, facilitates Indonesian citizens to vote.
The Department of Foreign Affairs intendds to improve voters' participation. Therefore, "The Department of Foreign Affairs has instructed the heads of Indonesian Representatives abroad to exercise their rights to vote in the 2009 Elections," said Wirajuda on Monday, Feb 16.
The Department of Foreign Affairs has allocated funds for 116 Indonesian representatives abroad. "The fund will be used for counseling and mobilizing people to increase voters' participation," said Wirajuda.
According to Wirajuda, the Elections will take place in the Indonesian representative offices abroad. "Even in a country as democratic as Switzerland, postal voting is not permitted," he said.
Spreading awareness about the upcoming elections for Indonesian citizens abroad has been carried out in several cities in the world having quite a high number of voters such as Kuala Lumpur, Cairo, Jeddah, New Delhi, New York, Kinabalu and Kuching.
By late February, there will be counseling in seven Indonesian representative offices abroad such as Singapore (South Asia, Southeast Asia and Oceanian regions), Seoul (East and Southeast Asian regions), Jeddah (Middle East countries), Brussel (South European region), Helsinki (North European region), Nairobi (African region) and Los Angeles (US region).
Translated by: Bonardo Maulana Wahono
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