SURABAYA - Surabaya Bawaslu reminded voters that they are prohibited from bringing cellphones to the voting booths in the Surabaya Pilkada.
"The prohibition for voters to carry mobile phones is contained in the General Election Commission Regulation (PKPU) 18 of 2020, amended from PKPU 8 of 2018 in Article 32 paragraph (1) letter i and emphasized in Article 39," said the Chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu). ) Surabaya City, Agil Akbar, Tuesday, December 8.
In PKPU Article 32 paragraph (1) letter i, it is stated that it is prohibited to use cell phones and / or other image recording devices in sound booths. Meanwhile, Article 39 emphasized that voters are prohibited from documenting their voting rights in voting booths as referred to in Article 38.
The prohibition of carrying cellphones, continued Agil, is intended to prevent voters from documenting their chosen candidates in the Pilkada. Because it has the potential for money politics transactions.
"We hope that the KPPS (Voting Organizing Group) in TPS will always remind and prohibit voters from carrying cell phones or other image recording devices in voting booths. The potential for money transactions is very open if there is an image recording that has been selected," he said.
In addition, if voters take pictures when voting at the voting booth, according to Agul, they will also eliminate the secret principle in the election.
"It is feared that the secret principle will not be fulfilled, because voters have taken pictures of their choice," he explained.
Apart from being prohibited from carrying cellphones, explained Aqil, people around the TPS were also prohibited from carrying, wearing the attributes of a candidate pair or political party. Because it is included in the campaign section. Even though the campaign period is over.
"Especially for witnesses, it is clearly regulated in Article 28. Witnesses are prohibited from wearing, carrying pictures and numbers of candidate pairs, party symbols and other attributes related to candidate pairs and parties. This prohibition also applies to voters. They are prohibited from wearing and carrying symbols or attributes. candidate pairs and parties, "he concluded.
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