Members In Central Papua Allegedly Sympathizer Of KKB, Bawaslu: Selection Is Actually Tight

Chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Rahmat Bagja. (doc. Bawaslu-Bhakti Satrio)

Chairman of Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja emphasized that the selection process for Bawaslu members in Papua was carried out through several stages with strict and comprehensive screening.

"(The selection of Bawaslu members) has actually been tightened," said Bagja when confirmed in Jakarta, Wednesday, August 23, was confiscated by Antara.

According to him, Papua has entered the category of very vulnerable. For this reason, Bawaslu has been warned to be more concerned about the island at the eastern tip of Indonesia.

This follows the news that a member of the Central Papua Bawaslu with the initials GT (30) is suspected of being a sympathizer of an armed criminal group (KKB). GT is known to have been appointed as a member of the Puncak Bawaslu on Saturday 19 August.

"We are talking about Papua, yes, because Papua has been warned from the start to care about things like this," he said.

Bagja revealed that there are so many series of tests that must be faced to become members of the district/city Bawaslu. First, they have to face a Computer Assisted Test (CAT).

In this test, there is a matter of national insight. If a person passes the CAT, it means that he is able to answer the national insight test well.

"Yes (can qualify as a member of the Regency/City Bawaslu), the national insight test passes through the passing grade (mining limit) is not only good," he said.

Second, physical and mental health tests. Then, the third is an interview with the selection team and a semi-structured group discussion (ssgd) by the provincial Bawaslu.

After passing all the selections, candidates for district/city Bawaslu members will be chosen by the Indonesian Bawaslu as the final determinant.

He said there was no additional selection for Papua. This is because Bagja assesses that determining a person to be perpendicular to Pancasila can be proven through a national insight test.

However, he did not deny that data from the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) and the local police were needed in the process of selecting district/city Bawaslu members.

"The national insight test should have been completed, but of course the data from BIN friends and the local police should have been detected. If it is not detected, it will not be included in us," explained Bagja.

He said similar cases have also occurred several times in Papua. One of them is the selection of candidates for Bawaslu in 2018 in Manokwari.

"In the past there had also been an incident, so we crossed it out from the start," he concluded.