Anies-Muhaimin Banner Installed In Kampung Susun Aquarium, Bawaslu Affirms Ban On Campaign Attributes In Government Land

JAKARTA - The Coordinator of the DKI Jakarta Province Bawaslu Violation Handling Division Benny Sabdo emphasized to the public not to install election campaign props (APK) on government-owned land.

This is in response to the banner of the presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 1, Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar in the Kampung Susun Aquarium area which was built on land owned by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government.

"The campaign props, in principle, should not be installed in government-owned facilities. We urge all campaign props to be installed in accordance with the zoning set by the DKI KPU," Benny told reporters, Wednesday, January 10.

Benny said that the North Jakarta Bawaslu had investigated alleged election violations in the form of installation of atirbut campaigns in the Kampung Susun Aquarium.

Regarding the prohibition of installing campaign props in buildings or facilities owned by the government, this is regulated by Article 71 of the General Election Commission Regulation (PKPU) Number 15 of 2023 concerning General Election Campaigns.

"They are still coordinating with the flat management," said Benny.

So far, residents of Kampung Susun Aquarium have removed billboards and banners from the presidential candidate pair and vice presidential candidate number 01 Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar who were displayed on the wall of the building on Monday, January 8 evening.

"Yesterday (Monday) the night on the wall was removed, but with our sincerity. Now we are also asked to remove the one on the fence," said Head of the Bangkit Mandiri Aquarium Cooperative Darma Diani in Penjaringan, North Jakarta, Tuesday, January 9.

Dini said previously residents of the Kampung Susun Aquarium did not expect that their village, which has been rebuilt by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government, would receive a different response, if they put up billboards and banners with political nuances such as other villages in the capital.

Diani emphasized that the installation of billboards and banners for the presidential-vice presidential candidate pair number 01 was not carried out by the state civil apparatus (ASN) in North Jakarta City, but it was the movement of its own citizens.

He also said that the residents of Kampung Susun Aquarium installed billboards and banners not because of certain lure from any election participants.

"For us, this democratic process can be the same as for residents in other villages. They can freely install billboards or banners that are their support," said Diani.