KPI Ubaidillah Chair Asks MNC Group To Stop Screening Of Love Soap Operas But Love On Voting Day

KPI Ubaidillah chairman asked for a neutral broadcaster. (Photo of Bambang Eros, DI Raga Granada)

Jakarta - On the voting day for the 2024 General Election, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) asked broadcasters not to broadcast broadcast broadcast content that leads to support for pairs of presidential and presidential candidates, political parties, or competing legislative members. The head of the Ubaidillah Central KPI assessed that the rules in broadcasting regulations explicitly prohibit broadcasting institutions from being partisan. Netrality of broadcasting institutions has been regulated in the 2012 KPI Broadcasting Code and Broadcast Program Standards (P3 & SPS), including a ban on the use of broadcast programs for personal and group interests," he said.

In particular, KPI asked GTV to stop broadcasting the film Cinta But Cinta which is considered a form of campaign for one of the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates. "KPI asks GTV to stop the show and for other televisions that are part of the MNC Group, we ask not to participate in broadcasting," said Ubaidillah. This is to maintain a conducive situation in the community in the implementation of the 2024 General Election.

KPI has coordinated with the Election Organizing Agency, to anticipate the emergence of all forms of violations, including in terms of broadcasts on television and radio that violate the provisions. In the joint Task Force of the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) and the Press Council, any violation related to Election broadcasting will be resolved in accordance with the authority of each institution. This means that if there is a violation, KPI will give action to broadcasting institutions, while election organizers will impose sanctions on election participants, be it the pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates or political parties and legislative candidates," said Ubaidillah.

This was conveyed by the Chairman of KPI, on voting day for the 2024 General Election, February 14, in order to anticipate efforts to influence public political choices, through broadcast content. Ubaidillah asked broadcasters to respect the ongoing democratic process, while maintaining the neutrality of broadcast content on H Day. KPI has alerted a live monitoring team, to ensure that there are no violations of broadcasts on television and radio on voting day and the 2024 General Election vote count.