Despite tomorrow’s election day being a government-mandated public holiday, city officials have ensured that Jakarta’s main public transportation modes will still be running normally.
The TransJakarta bus service says there will be no disruption to its service as they have rescheduled the shifts of their employees so some can vote early in the morning and work later that morning, while those who work early in the morning can vote later that morning.
“There will still be many employees on duty because we guarantee that public transportation service is still running,” TransJakarta Operations Director Daud Joseph told Kompas yesterday.
Officials of the capital’s railway-based transportation systems, the KRL Commuterline and the new MRT, have also confirmed that there will be no schedule changes on election day.
President Joko Widodo last week passed a decree mandating that election day will be a public holiday to encourage voter turnout.
Voting stations in Jakarta and all around Indonesia will be open from 7 am to 1 pm local time, respectively. Quick count results of the election will begin to be published by media outlets starting 3 pm Jakarta time.
