In Indonesia have died after the largest ever in a single day, held choice of more than 270 volunteers in the consequences of their efforts. Almost 2000 poll workers are ill.
It was the most extensive elections in the largest island of the state of the world: nearly 200 million eligible Indonesians elected their President, their representatives, Parliament, and Regional. It 245.000 candidates were distributed to almost 18,000 Islands – a Think Tank described the 17. April, as one of the most complicated election days in the history of the world.
The choice have picked up the urns with all the available means of transport.
The ballot boxes had to be collected by boat, plane, motorcycle, and elephant. The country stretches from East to West for about 5000 kilometers, which is the distance from Berlin to Senegal. The counting of the vote runs until may.
The monster of choice in Indonesia is now demanding its toll: at Least 272 out of the total seven million election workers have died from Overwork. The commitment to democracy has cost you the life, the ballots are counted by Hand, deep into the night, often in unbearable heat and high humidity. Almost of 2000, more helpers are ill.
