Regarding Allegations Of Illegal Transactions, TKN Prabowo-Gibran Open PPATK Check Campaign Fund Sources

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Prabowo-Gibran National Campaign Team (TKN) Expert Council, Budiman Sudjatmiko, responded to the findings of the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) regarding illegal transactions allegedly used for the purposes of the 2024 General Election campaign (Pemilu).

Budiman emphasized that TKN is open if PPATK wants to examine the sources of campaign funds used by the candidate pairs and vice presidential candidates number 2.

"I think we are open, please just check, there is no problem," said Budiman in Jakarta, Tuesday, December 19.

Budiman ensured that TKN Prabowo-Gibran would be transparent in this matter. So he invited PPATK to examine it.

"We are open, please, transparent," said Budiman.

Previously, PPATK Head Ivan Yustiavandana detected potential distribution of funds originating from illegal sources in the 2024 election campaign. He also appealed to all political parties participating in the 2024 election to campaign from legal sources of funds.

"There are many. It doesn't have to be a party, it's an individual too. We are working together. In principle, we want the contestation to be carried out on a vision and mission, not the power of money. Moreover, there is involvement of illegal sources," said Ivan at the Pullman Hotel, Jakarta, Thursday, December 14.

The illegal sources referred to by PPATK can come from any crime, one of which is from illegal mining.

Illegal mining is a crime in mining businesses committed by individuals, a group of people, or legal foundation companies that do not have a permit from government agencies in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

"Yes, a lot, all criminal acts (sources of illegal Election funds). At that time we had conveyed indications of illegal mining, all kinds of things," he said.

On the other hand, PPATK has also actively sent a letter to the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) and the General Elections Commission (KPU) as an effort to monitor the running of election campaign funding that is clean from illegal sources.

PPATK predicts the number of suspicious transactions in the 2024 General Election will reach trillions of rupiah from thousands of names. However, Ivan did not reveal the nominal.

"We have sent a letter to Bawaslu, KPU, we have conveyed how many transactions are related to the extraordinary numbers. We are still waiting, we are talking about trillions, extraordinary numbers, thousands of names. We are talking about all political parties (political parties)," he concluded.