SURABAYA - Two residents of the City of Surabaya, Hari Listyo Santoso and Renny Arijani reported allegations of misappropriation of aid packages from the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) regarding the candidate pair in the Surabaya Pilkada Machfud Arifin-Mujiaman to the Surabaya Police.
"Last week I read news from a number of media regarding the alleged misuse of humanitarian assistance from BNPB. In the news, it was mentioned that a member of the House of Representatives Commission IX from the Democratic Party, Lucy Kurniasari, admitted that she received 10 thousand aid packages from BNPB and 20 thousand from Ministry of Health (Kemenkes), "said Hari Listyo after reporting to the Surabaya Police, Saturday, November 28.
Quoting the news, Lucy continued, the reporter acknowledged that the assistance was distributed to Surabaya residents affected by COVID-18 through volunteers and party cadres spread across Surabaya.
"Lucy is just a member of the DPR who does not have sufficient capacity and resources to distribute tens of thousands of aid packages. Finally Lucy used volunteers and party cadres to distribute the aid. Of course this condition is very difficult to control and monitor," said Hari.
Because of that, the reporter stated that it should be suspected that there was misuse of the distribution of basic food assistance from BNPB. Hari suspects that this assistance is not evenly distributed.
"The perception can be awakened that this assistance is not from the government, but assistance from party cadres and volunteers from certain groups. Especially now that it is currently in the election season. Misuse of this assistance is a criminal act," he said.
Previously, the photos of the BNPB aid package were allegedly used for certain political interests. There are two photos that are viral.
- https://voi.id/berita/21153/viral-pendukung-machfud-arifin-mujiaman-yel-yel-h crush-risma-tagar-bela-bu-risma-menggema
- https://voi.id/berita/20535/survei-smrc-pilkada-surabaya-eri-cahyadi-armudji-48-5-persen-machfud-arifin-mujiaman-37-3-persen
- https://voi.id/berita/20775/survei-fisip-uinsa-elektabilitas-machfud-arifin-mujiaman-46-persen-eri-cahyadi-armudji-42-86-persen
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The first photo depicts a large truck carrying BNPB aid packages. Meanwhile, in the second photo, there are three people wearing campaign shirts with the images of the pair of candidates for mayor and vice mayor of Surabaya, Machfud Arifin and Mujiaman, carrying the aid package while holding up two finger greetings.
Number two is Machfud's serial number in the Surabaya Pilkada. Because of these photos, a Surabaya named Albert Kurniawan has also reported to the Surabaya Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), Thursday, November 19.
"Based on Law Number 24 of 2007 concerning Disaster Management, those who misuse this assistance can be sentenced to life imprisonment or a minimum of four years in prison, and a fine of at least Rp. 6 billion and a maximum of Rp. 12 billion. I hope the police will investigate. This allegation. Because it really hurt the hearts of the people, "said Hari.
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