The Defendant In The Case Of Distributing Groceries And Stickers For The Pilkada In Cianjur Was Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison

Trial of the case for the distribution of basic necessities related to the Cianjur Pilkada (ANTARA)

CIANJUR - The panel of judges at the Cianjur District Court, West Java, sentenced SS to the defendant in an election violation case. SS was found guilty of distributing groceries accompanied by stickers and an invitation to choose a partner he supported in the 2020 Cianjur Pilkada.

"The defendant was also fined Rp200 million or a subsidiary in prison because he was proven to have committed an election violation by distributing groceries in which there was a campaign props for one of the candidate pairs, resulting in an election crime," said the presiding judge, Glorius Anggundoro, in Cianjur as quoted by Antara, Monday , November 30th.

The defendant SS and their attorney had 3 days to declare that they accepted or appealed the judge's decision. SS legal adviser, Nadia Wike Rahmawati, said that her party would appeal to the Bandung High Court against the verdict.

The reason was that the defendant SS was said to be a lawyer who did not invite residents to choose a certain candidate pair when providing basic food assistance.

"We respect the verdict handed down by the judge, but we will pursue an appeal so that our client is acquitted of the charges because there is no element of campaigning for what has been done solely to help residents," he said.

Meanwhile, the attorney for AM, the defendant in another election criminal case, Sugianto, stated that he accepted the decision of the panel of judges led by Anggundoro against his client. AM was sentenced to pay a fine of Rp. 4 million or two months' imprisonment because he was judged to have committed an offense by posting a video of the village head mentioning the name of a candidate for the pilkada.

In the video recorded by AM, a number of village heads mention the name of a candidate and corner the names of other candidates. The panel of judges assessed that there was no purpose to campaign for one of the candidates, but the element of violation still occurred because it was disseminated.

"We accept the judge's decision on our client's case. We hope this will not be repeated, although there is no intention of campaigning or cornering one of the pairs of candidates," said Sugiyanto.