Jakarta, Feb. 14 -- Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi emphasized that implementation of the 2024 elections abroad is completely under the authority of the General Elections Commission (KPU).

Marsudi noted that her side did not have any authority or role in organizing overseas elections.

"Do not get mixed up. (Overseas election) is not the Embassy's job. Overseas elections mirror the election in Indonesia. It is all the same, only took place in foreign countries," she remarked on Wednesday.

After casting her vote at the Polling Station (TPS) 156 in the Pesona Khayangan Depok, West Java, the minister stated that Article 1, Paragraph 13 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections states that the Overseas Election Committee (PPLN) wa...