South Sulawesi Governor Free From Complaints Danny Pomanto, Makassar Bawaslu Drops Report

MAKASSAR - The handling of complaints for candidate pair number 1 in the Makassar Pilkada M Ramdhan 'Danny' Pomanto-Fatmawati Rusdi (Adama) at Bawaslu Makassar has been stopped.

Bawaslu said there was insufficient evidence for Danny Pomanto's accusation regarding the alleged involvement of the Governor of South Sulawesi (Sulsel) Nurdin Abdullah and the Acting Mayor of Makassar, Rudy Djamaluddin regarding the voice recording of the sub-district secretary who directed support to certain candidate pairs in the Makassar Pilkada.

"It's finished, so the case has been completed for the report, the report has been completed in Gakkumdu, not forwarded because there is insufficient evidence, the elements are not fulfilled so it is not passed on to the police," said the Coordinator of the Enforcement and Handling of Violations of Bawaslu Makassar, Sri Wahyuni, when contacted. VOI, November 27.

Sri Wahyuni explained that the case was stopped because the allegations against the Governor of South Sulawesi Nurdin and Acting Walkot Makassar Rudy did not fulfill the elements of the alleged law.

"What is certain is that the case was stopped in the second discussion at the Gakkumdu center because the elements of the article alleged by Article 188 were not fulfilled by Law Number 10 (Law 10/2016 on Pilkada)," he continued.

The Governor of South Sulawesi, who is familiarly called Prof. NA, previously emphasized that he had never offended anyone. He also admitted that he never gave a statement to support one of the candidate pairs in the Makassar Pilkada.

"I've never done anything. Have you ever offended (people) with speeches everywhere. It's a hoax, it's easy to report people, but the fact is, or not?" said the governor Nurdin.

"I have never offended anyone, never supported him, for example if he is B, just don't know," said Nurdin Abdullah.

The ADAMA team previously complained about a recorded case containing directing support to certain candidate pairs in the Makassar Pilkada who was recognized by the Secretary of the Ujung Tanah Sub-district.

The legal team for candidate candidate Ramdhan 'Danny' Pomanto-Fatmawati Rusdi (Adama) reported the Governor of South Sulawesi (Sulsel) Nurdin Abdullah and the Acting Mayor of Makassar, Rudy Djamaluddin.

"We report on the matter of involvement of officials ranging from the governor, the acting mayor to the sub-district heads involved in the elections in Makassar," said Danny Pomanto-Fatmawati legal team spokesman, Akhmad Rianto, contacted by VOI, Monday, November 23.

Makassar City Bawaslu has actually delegated cases of violations of ASN neutrality related to the Makassar Pilkada to the State Civil Apparatus Commission (KASN). The Secretary of the Head of Ujung Tanah Sub-district, Andi Syaiful, is suspected of violating neutrality because of an invitation to support certain candidates in the Makassar Pilkada. The Bawaslu said it was a personal act by an individual, and did not find a connection between the two names, namely, the Governor of South Sulawesi, Nurdin Abdullah who is familiarly called Prof. NA and Acting Mayor of Makassar Rudy Djamaluddin.

However, the ADAMA Legal Team, Akhmad Rianto, said there were recent developments that were found. He explained the issue of the governor's involvement, the acting mayor of Makassar regarding alleged violations regarding involvement in campaigns that benefited certain candidate pairs.

"So what they are doing is related to the indirect instruction carried out by the governor in this matter and the acting mayor to order a certain number of candidate pairs, right? It's not in the field," he explained.