He explained that people who have trouble reading and seeing often bring a person whom they trust along to the polling station. “Our constitution clearly states that it must remain a secret who you cast your vote on, but people with a visual impairment or who can’t use their hands rely on somebody they trust to color the ballot. This means that their vote is not a secret,” said Koendjbiharie who explained that the new rule states that the per-son who took an oath escorts the person with a disability and the companion of that person to the voting booth to color the ballot. “The companion of the person with a disability then has to check if the person who took the oath actually colored the right box. We do not agree with this decision because we believe that the rights of the person with a disability are being violated. His or her vote must remain a secret. They claim that in the past people pretended that they were blind or that they had poor eyesight but that problem should be tackled instead of violating the rights of others,” said the chairman who added that several letters were sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Independent Election Bureau (OKB) and that the OKB eventually indicated that the decision would be scrapped.”