KPU-Bawaslu Apparently Not Only Met Cak Imin, But Also Sowan To All DPR Leaders

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar (Photo: Runi/Man/Parlementaria)

JAKARTA - The meeting of seven Commissioners of the General Elections Commission (KPU) and five Commissioners of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) was elected with the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Muhaimin Iskandar (Cak Imin) at the Nusantara III Building, Parliament Complex Senayan, Jakarta, sparked a polemic. The meeting gave rise to various speculations, including being related to the proposed postponement of the 2024 General Election by Cak Imin. Responding to this, Deputy Speaker of the DPR, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, clarified the meeting between Cak Imin and the KPU-Bawaslu. Dasco said that the election organizer's visit was to the DPR leadership to stay in touch and there was no hidden agenda. "I need clarification that the members of the KPU and the Bawaslu are not secretive but openly conduct friendships," said Dasco at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday, March 14. In fact, said Dasco, the KPU-Bawaslu-elected commissioner had already spoken to the chairman of the DPR and himself. "The gathering was not done to Cak Imin only, to Mbak Puan to other DPR leadership representatives including myself," continued the Gerindra Daily Chair explaining, before visiting Cak Imin's office, they had already met him. So it doesn't need to be related to the problem at hand. "To my place before I went to Cak Imin. Well, so I don't think it needs to be a polemic. In fact, this can be used as a tradition that even though new ones have not been inaugurated, they just do friendships, introduce themselves and don't come alone," explained Dasco. Once again, Dasco emphasized that the KPU-Bawaslu visit was to all DPR leaders.

"Yes, to all DPR leaders," he said.