Overwork Kills More than 270 Indonesian Election Staff
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In Indonesia, 272 election staff have been reported dead and 1,878 more ill after Indonesia’s combined presidential and legislative election held earlier in April. The KPU have been criticized for overworking their election officials throughout the night under sweltering conditions.
选务人员 election official
成本 cost
监督 to monitor
赔偿 to compensate
選務人員 election officials
成本 cost
監督 to monitor
賠償 to compensate
印尼举行全球最大单日选举，有逾270名选务人员，多因长时间手动计算数百万张选票，引发过劳相关疾病死亡。
为减少成本，印尼2.6亿人口于4月17日，在一天内针对总统和全国及地方议会举行五合一选举。
约有7百万名官方人员参与计票和监督过程，
且需在在闷热的情况下熬夜工作，以致身体负荷过大。
《路透社》报导，根据印西大选委员会(KPU)发言人阿里夫·苏山托表示，迄至周六晚，另已有1,878名人员病倒。
大选中大量使用的暂时性选务人员与一般公务人员不同，在正式开始聘用前并不会接受医疗检测。
为此，印尼政府被批为选务人员设下不实际的工作量。
印尼大选委员会拟发放赔偿金，每一名死者家属将获3600百万印尼盾。
根据BBC报导，这相当于印尼一年的基本工资。
印尼大选委员会将于5月22日完成所有选票的计算，并宣布总统当选人。
印尼舉行全球最大單日選舉，有逾270名選務人員，多因長時間手動計算數百萬張選票，引發過勞相關疾病死亡。
為減少成本，印尼2.6億人口於4月17日，在一天內針對總統和全國及地方議會舉行五合一選舉。
約有7百萬名官方人員參與計票和監督過程，
且需在在悶熱的情況下熬夜工作，以致身體負荷過大。
《路透社》報導，根據印尼大選委員會(KPU)發言人阿里夫‧蘇山托表示，迄至周六晚，另已有1,878名人員病倒。
大選中大量使用的暫時性選務人員與一般公務人員不同，在正式開始聘用前並不會接受醫療檢測。
為此，印尼政府被批為選務人員設下不實際的工作量。
印尼大選委員會擬發放賠償金，每一名死者家屬將獲3600百萬印尼盾。
根據BBC報導，這相當於印尼一年的基本工資。
印尼大選委員會將於5月22日完成所有選票的計算，並宣布總統當選人。
More than 270 election officials in Indonesia have died, mostly from fatigue-related illnesses, caused by hand-counting millions of ballot papers for the world’s biggest single-day election.
On 17 April, the country of 260 million people combined its presidential vote with national and regional parliamentary ballots, to save money.
Approximately 7 million officials were helping count and monitor the votes.
Staff were expected to work throughout the night in sweltering conditions, which took a physical toll on many.
As of Saturday night, Arief Priyo Susanto, spokesman of the General Elections Commission (KPU) said that 1,878 others have fallen ill, Reuters reported.
Unlike civil servants, the large number of temporary polling staff did not undergo medical examinations before starting work.
The government has been criticized for setting unrealistic expectations for its staff.
The KPU plans to compensate 36 million rupiah to surviving families of every deceased worker.
BBC reported that the amount compensated approximates to Indonesia’s annual pay at minimum wage.
The KPU will conclude vote counting and announce Indonesia’s next leaders on 22 May.
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