3 Commissioners Of The Palopo City KPU Fired By DKPP

MAKASSAR - The Election Organizers Honorary Council (DKPP) has finally imposed permanent dismissal sanctions on three commissioners of the Palopo City KPU, South Sulawesi Province, for being proven to have violated the code of ethics ignoring procedures and regulations for verifying the Tahir Trisal candidacy document now as the elected Mayor of Palopo.

"Imposing a permanent dismissal sanction to the defendant one Irwandi Jumadin as chairman and concurrent member, defendant two Abbas, and defendant three Muhatzhir Muh Hamid as a member of the Palopo City KPU, starting from the time this decision was read out," said Chairman of the Assembly as well as DKPP member Ratna Dewi Pettalolo during a verdict hearing in Jakarta, Friday, January 24, reported by ANTARA.

Ratna stated that in a trial monitored through online media in Makassar, based on considerations for the facts and evidence assessment revealed in this trial as described and examining the statements of the complainants and examining the answers, and in conclusion it was declared a violation of the code of ethics.

DKPP also assessed that the commissioner of the Palopo City KPU, under the leadership of Irwandi, ignored a certificate from the DKI Jakarta Education Office (Disdik) regarding the Tahir Trisal diploma which was not registered in the national exam system data.

However, recently, three commissioners of the Palopo KPU agreed to pass their candidacy on the grounds that there was pressure from the South Sulawesi KPU and the Indonesian KPU Office. However, the decision was reported by Junaid's complainant with case number 287-PKE-DKPP/XI/2024 to the DKPP on suspicion of administrative defects related to fake diplomas.

Terhadap sejumlah fakta-fakta terungkap di persidangan dan setelah memeriksa semua bukti dan keterangan dari pengadu serta teradu, dengan ini DKPP yang memiliki kewenangan adjudkan para teradu yaitu KPU Palopo dan Bawaslu Palopo untuk ditentuhkan sanksi.

Because Irwandi Djumadin's actions with his two members were considered to show serious negligence in carrying out his duties as an Election Organizer in the process of verifying administrative files to pass the candidate pair for Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Palopo Trisal Tahir-Akhmad Syarifuddin in the 2024 simultaneous regional elections.

Whereas previously, the Palopo City KPU had determined the requirements documents for the candidate pair for Mayor Trisal Tahir and Deputy Mayor Akhmad Syarifuddin did not meet the requirements (TMS), because the diploma package C belonging to Trisal Tahir was invalid, but later it was released under the pretext that there was an Official Letter from the South Sulawesi KPU and the KPU.

In addition to imposing permanent dismissal sanctions on three commissioners of the Palopo City KPU, DKPP also imposed warning sanctions on two Bawaslu Commissioners of Palopo City, each chairman and member of the Palopo City Bawaslu, namely Khaerana and Widianto Hendra.

The warning sanction was imposed after the panel granted the petition of the Daanyar complainant with case number 305-PKE-DKPP/XII/2024 regarding the alleged violation of the code of ethics of the election organizers, passing the Tahir Trisal administration file as a candidate for mayor even though his diploma was considered fake and proven in an ethics trial.