Not Entering The Campaign Period, Bawaslu Continues To Emphasize West Java Civil Servants Are Prohibited From Being Involved In Political Activities

State Civil Apparatus (ASN) or Civil Servants (PNS) of the Bandung City Government. (ANTARA-HO-Humas Bandung City Government)

JAKARTA - The General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of West Java (West Java) affirms that civil servants (PNS or ASN) must maintain neutrality or not be involved in practical politics in the implementation of the 2024 Election. "Also the issue of ASN neutrality, especially not to get involved in practical politics such as road movements, whether it is done in the context of the anniversary of political parties or other activities, ASN is still prohibited from participating in practical politics," said the Coordinator of the West Java Bawaslu Supervision and Inter-Institutional Relations Division, Zaki Hilmi, when contacted, Tuesday, February 21, was confiscated by Antara. West Java Bawaslu, Zaki continued, had carried out the prevention process through an appeal to political parties and also to local governments not to carry out political activities. "So what we prevent is political activity, yes, if campaigning, it has not yet entered the stage. The language is not a campaign because there is currently no campaign activity but political activities in places that are prohibited," he said.

He also emphasized that places of worship, educational facilities and public facilities belonging to the local government are prohibited from being used for campaign activities or political parties. "So there is no terminology in the context of regulation, there is no covert campaign," he said. Furthermore, Zaki said that until now he had not found a report in West Java that there were cases of ASN that were not neutral, or the use of places of worship or public facilities belonging to the local government by political parties.

"So far, what we have done preventive efforts have not been done. Because all of us are doing iskat (integrated supervision) as well. Like some party birthday activities yesterday in Bogor City, there were also waskats. We make sure that there are no findings from reports submitted by regencies and cities," he concluded.