Gibran Concerning Allegations Of Violations In Maluku: Let's Study Bawaslu
JAKARTA - Candidate for vice president number 2 Gibran Rakabuming Raka submitted the alleged violation of the involvement of the village head (kades) during his political safari to Ambon, Maluku to be investigated by the General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu)." “ Yes, let's explore Bawaslu," said Gibran when met at Tennis Indoor, Senayan, Jakarta, Antara, Sunday, January 14.Prabowo Subianto's assistant had previously said that he was sanctioned and summoned if he was proven to have committed a violation as alleged by the Maluku Province Bawaslu.“Oh please, if there are violations, there are allegations that are not true. We are ready to be sanctioned, called as when, please,” Gibran was met after his visit to the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD), South Tangerang, Banten, Friday.It is known, the Maluku Province Bawaslu said that Gibran Rakabuming Raka's visit in Ambon City, Monday (8/1), was suspected of violating the rules. The violation was seen in the involvement of village officials who were present during the visit of the Prabowo Subianto couple."The Vice President with serial number 2, immediately held a meeting with a number of heads of state governments (KPN) and village heads, both from Ambon City and Central Maluku Regency in SwissBell Hotel. Initially, we stated that this was a violation during the visit of the vice presidential candidate Gibran in Maluku,” said a member of the Maluku Province Bawaslu, Samsun Ninilouw, in Ambon, Thursday (11/1).The Coordinator of the Maluku Bawaslu Law Division, Samsun Ninilouw further said that there were as many as 30 village heads in Central Maluku (Malteng) and Ambon City indicated to have violated the Election Law (UU).Dozens of village heads are suspected of violating Article 280 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections because they are said to have attended and even expressed support for Gibran."In principle, Law Number 7 of 2017 states that involving village heads and village officials is a violation," said Samsun in Ambon, Friday (12/1).He explained, based on the surveillance report (LHP) received from the leaders, his party found that around 30 village heads were indicated to have violated the Election Law from the estimated 100 people who were invited at that time."We then did a plenary, and the resulting analysis states that this is a form of violation even though it is not final yet," he said.Previously, Gibran visited a political safari in Maluku on January 8, 2013 with a number of activities, including meetings with kings, communities and activists of the creative economy, and distributing free milk in Liang Country, Malteng.The Indonesian KPU has determined the participants in the 2024 presidential election, namely the Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar pair number 1, Prabowo Subianto-Ginran Rakabuming Raka number 2, and Ganjar Pranowo-Mahfud MD number 3.
The KPU has also set a campaign period from November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024, then the voting schedule will be on February 14, 2024.