THE General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) responded to the Constitutional Court’s (MK) assessment regarding the handling of election violations in the decision on the dispute over the results of the 2024 Presidential Election on Monday (22/4). The Constitutional Court is known to consider Bawaslu to seem formalistic in handling incoming election violations.
Bawaslu member RI Puadi emphasized that his party had followed up on reports of alleged violations as regulated in Law Number 7/2017 concerning Elections. This includes assessing the fulfillment of formal and material requirements as well as the suitability of the report to be registered and followed up.
Through the decision on the 2024 President-Vice President Election Results Dispute requested by the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md camps, the MK advised Bawaslu in the future to improve the monitoring mechanism which is more beneficial in order to realize elections that are honest, fair and with integrity.
In this case, the Constitutional Court, continued Puadi, suggested that a fundamental revision of the regulations related to election supervision, namely the Election Law, is necessary. This includes procedures for taking action if violations occur at any stage of the election.
According to him, Bawaslu must go into the substance of the report and findings to prove whether or not there were substantial election violations that occurred.
“This must be done to ensure the existence of Bawaslu as an election monitoring institution that stands at the forefront in ensuring fair, democratic and integrity elections,” concluded Puadi. (Tri/Z-7)
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