Harun Masiku, The 'Good But Corrupt'

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has appointed General Election Commission (KPU) commissioner Wahyu Setiawan as a suspect in receiving bribes related to the appointment of members of the Indonesian Parliament for the 2019-2024 period.

Wahyu was appointed as the recipient of bribes, along with Agustiani Tio Fridelina (ATF), a former member of the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) who are his confidants. The bribe provider was Harun Masiku (HAR). Harun is a candidate from the PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) in the 2019 Pileg. Saeful is said to be a private party but is also suspected of being one of the party's top staff.

This case began when a PDIP candidate named Nazarudin Kiemas, died. At that time, in July 2019, PDIP filed a suit for judicial review of Article 54 of KPU Regulation Number 3 of 2019 concerning Voting and Counting of Votes to the Supreme Court (MA).

"The filing of this material lawsuit is related to the death of an elected candidate from the PDIP on behalf of Nazarudin Kiemas in March 2019," said KPK Deputy Chair, Lili Pintauli Siregar at a press conference on the determination of the suspect in the case that ensnared Wahyu at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, Central Jakarta, Thursday, January 9.

The Supreme Court granted the proposal. As a determinant of interim replacement (PAW), the party bearing the bull symbol then sent a letter to the KPU to assign Harun to replace Nazarudin.

It's just that, at that time, the KPU actually appointed Riezky Aprilia as a substitute for the brother-in-law of PDI-P Chairman Megawati Sukarnoputri who had died. The reason is clear, Riezky's vote was below Nazarudin or in second place for the Electoral District of South Sumatra I.

Lobbying was then carried out, with the aim that Harun could become a member of the legislature. Seeing this gap, Wahyu Setiawan is ready to help as long as there is an operational fund of Rp. 900 million. The transaction was carried out in two stages in the middle and end of December 2019.

Back on the matter of the suspect, at this time Wahyu and three other people have been detained in the KPK detention center. However, there is still one suspect that the anti-graft agency is looking for and is asked to surrender immediately.

"The KPK asked the suspect HAR (Harun Masiku) to immediately surrender himself to the KPK ... And to other parties related to this case to be cooperative," said Lili.

Harun Masiku is a good person, he said

Although Harun's whereabouts were not known, several hours before being named a suspect, PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto praised him as a clean figure. This then became the reason for the PDIP to propose Harun as PAW.

"He (Harun) is a clean figure and his track record has been quite good in his legal development efforts. But we consider that because of the Supreme Court's decision. Without the Supreme Court's decision we have not made a decision on this matter," said Hasto to reporters at the time. reviewing the preparations for the I PDIP National Meeting, Thursday, January 9.

He also emphasized that his party has the authority to elect Harun according to the Supreme Court decision. However, the final decision is still taken by the KPU through a plenary meeting.

"When someone dies, because the election participant is a political party, the Supreme Court's decision leaves the matter to the political party. But the decision, right, remains with the KPU. We do not make a decision," he said.

Harun Masiku's Profile. Was withdrawn to the 2019 Pileg in the Electoral District of South Sumatra I where, at that time Harun got the serial number 6. After the election was carried out and the vote count had been carried out, Harun only got 5,878 votes and was in fifth place.

This means, the votes he got were very far compared to Nazarudin Kiemas. At that time, from the results of the 2019 legislative election, Nazarudin received 145,752 votes.

Meanwhile, Riezky Aprilia received 44,402 votes. While the third position was filled by Darmadi Jufri with 26,103 votes, Doddy Julianto Siahaan who received 19,776 votes and Diah Okta Sari with 13,310 votes.