Ahead Of The Riau Pilkada, One Candidate For Mayor And Two ASNs Become Suspects
JAKARTA - During the 30 days of campaigning since September 26, 2020, Bawaslu in Riau Province noted that candidate pairs of Regents / Mayors throughout Riau had campaigned 2,801 times with 25 violations, even one candidate for mayor and two ASN officials were criminal election suspects.
Head of Riau Province Bawaslu, Rusidi Rusdan, in his statement in Pekanbaru, said that until 26 October 2020, Bawaslu throughout Riau had issued five written warning letters to candidate pairs who did not comply with the stipulated rules.
The written warning letter was delivered by the Tanah Putih Panwascam, Rokan Hilir, to the Asri Auzar-Fuad Ahmad pair because the number of Campaign Participants present exceeded 50 people.
Then in Siak Regency, a warning letter was issued by Panwascam Tualang to the Said Ariffadilla-Sujarwo pair for violating health protocols, namely not using masks and not maintaining distance.
Furthermore, in Kuantan Singingi Regency a warning letter was also given to the Andi Putra-Suhardiman Amby pair because the number of participants who attended was nearly 200 people and did not apply the COVID-19 protocol.
Finally, in Indragiri Hulu District, through Panwascam Pasir Penyu and Batang Cenaku a warning letter was given to the Rizal Zamzami - Yoghi Susilo pair for violating an outdoor campaign, as well as the Wahyu Adi-Suriati pair who violated article 88 c PKPU 13/2020, namely campaigning in the field open and without STTP.
Furthermore, Rusidi said, the results of the supervision of Bawaslu ranks in nine districts / cities, there were two allegations of violations committed by candidate pairs through social media such as in Pelalawan Regency with violations in the form of making uploads on the official account of the regional government marking one of the pairs of candidates who were committed by an unscrupulous person. ASN officials in the Pelalawan Regency Government.
"This case has been forwarded to the State Civil Apparatus Commission in Jakarta," he said as quoted by Antara, Thursday, October 29.
Meanwhile in Dumai City, there are allegations of out-of-schedule campaigns by the pair Hendri Sandra-Rizal Akbar and Eko Suharjo-Syarifah which are currently being processed by Bawaslu of Dumai City.
Regarding the case of the candidate for mayor in Dumai, Rusidi explained that the third meeting had already been held at the Gakkumdu Center in Bawaslu in Dumai City, and the matter had been forwarded to the local prosecutor's office.
"For the alleged violation case in Dumai, where one candidate involved two ASN people, currently the file has also been submitted to the prosecutor's office," he explained.
Bawaslu also always reminds all couples and the public to always implement health protocols to avoid COVID-19.