Health Protocol Violations When Pilkada Campaigns Increase 35

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JAKARTA - Member of the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) Mochammad Afifuddin said there were an additional 35 violations of health protocols during the 2020 simultaneous regional election campaign period.

Afif said that violations in 35 regions were recorded from the supervision of the local Bawaslu on September 28, 29 and 30, 2020.

"The health protocol violations were found in 35 districts / cities, where the campaign team did not confirm the COVID-19 prevention protocol during the campaign," Afif told reporters, Thursday, October 1.

Afif did not explain in detail the areas where the candidate pairs and their teams had violated the campaign. He only mentioned some areas.

"Among the areas that violate the Covid-19 prevention protocol are Depok, Trenggalek, Mojokerto, Ketapang, Bontang, Supiori, Bulukumba, Pasangkayu, Makassar and South Solok," he said.

If accumulated, violations of the health protocol since the campaign period began on Saturday, September 26 until now, there are 43 violations.

Bawaslu noted that on September 26 and 27, there were eight health protocol violations. "The violations occurred in Tanjung Jabung Barat, Sungai Penuh, Bandung, Purbalingga, Mojokerto, Dompu, Kaimana, and Medan," said Afif.

For information, the General Election Commission issued KPU Regulation (PKPU) Number 13 of 2020 as an amendment to PKPU Number 6 of 2020 regarding the implementation of regional elections during a pandemic.

In Article 58 of this PKPU, political parties, pairs of candidates and campaign teams prioritize limited campaign methods provided they are inside the building and limit the number of participants to a maximum of 50 people.

Meanwhile Article 63 states that other activities that do not violate the campaign ban and the provisions of laws and regulations are carried out in the form of a campaign through social media and online media.

Then, there is a confirmation of the prohibition on music concert campaigns and the like in the addition of Article 88C in PKPU Number 13 of 2020.

"Political parties, coalitions of political parties, candidate pairs, campaign teams are prohibited from carrying out campaigns for rallies, performing arts, harvesting, music concerts, leisure walks, casual bicycles, competitions, bazaars, blood donations, and political party birthdays. "wrote the PKPU.

The lightest sanction that can be imposed for violators of health protocols in PKPU 13/2020 is a written warning from Bawaslu.

In addition, there are other sanctions in the form of terminating and forcibly dissolving the campaign at the place where the violation occurred if it does not immediately disband within one hour of being warned.

The heaviest sanction is the prohibition of conducting campaign methods that are violated for 3 days based on the recommendation of the provincial Bawaslu or district / city Bawaslu.