CHAIRMAN of the Indonesian General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Rahmat Bagja emphasized that the institution he leads is not selective in handling election cases reported by the public.
“In several cases criminal acts have also been successfully carried out by Bawaslu. “So it is not true that Bawaslu is picky,” said Bagja in the follow-up hearing to the 2024 General Election Results Dispute (PHPU) at Building I of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, Jakarta, Wednesday (3/4).
This includes the meeting between the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and the Minister of Defense (Menhan) of the Republic of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, who is also the number two presidential candidate. Bagja said that Bawaslu had examined the meeting and found no indication of a campaign.
We can say, for example, where the meeting between the President and the Minister of Defense was the problem? That’s also a problem, we can’t ‘This is what it’s like to do a campaign’. “That feeling cannot be judged and that feeling cannot then we also take (action),” said Bagja.
According to Bagja, Jokowi in this activity did not fulfill the campaign elements regulated in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections.
“If, for example, Mr Jokowi decides whether he is an election participant or not, the implementing team or not, he offers or invites a choice, that is what His Majesty can then take action once morest,” said Bagja.
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However, Bagja said Bawaslu had sent a letter of appeal to Jokowi to prevent his ministers affiliated with political contestations from using government programs for election purposes.
“We have taken these precautions, we have done this with the President. “We sent the letter before the campaign period took place,” he said.
He explained that Bawaslu at all levels had been ordered to monitor if any state officials carried out activities with figures who were election participants or who were affiliated with political parties.
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“In all provincial Bawaslu, when there are activities of heads of state or state officials who are related to the person concerned who is an election participant or is a member of a political party, then these friends carry out supervision,” he said.
There are two PHPU cases for the 2024 Presidential Election, namely those submitted by Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar with registration number 1/PHPU.PRES-XXII/2024 and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud Md with registration number 2/PHPU.PRES-XXII/2024.
Candidate pair for president and vice president number 1 Anies-Muhaimin essentially asked the Constitutional Court to cancel KPU Decree Number 360 of 2024 concerning Determination of the Results of the General Election for President and Vice President.
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Anies-Muhaimin also asked the Constitutional Court to disqualify presidential and vice presidential candidate number two Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka as participants in the 2024 presidential election. Both of them also asked the Constitutional Court to order the KPU to conduct a re-vote for the 2024 presidential election without including Prabowo-Gibran.
Meanwhile, presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 3 Ganjar-Mahfud asked the Constitutional Court to annul KPU Decree Number 360 of 2024 concerning Determining the Results of the 2024 Presidential and Vice Presidential General Election.
They also asked the Constitutional Court to disqualify Prabowo-Subianto as a candidate pair for the 2024 presidential election. Then, they also asked the Constitutional Court to order the KPU to conduct a re-vote for the 2024 presidential election between only Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud. (Z-8)
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