JAKARTA - Chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Abhan said that his party had sent a letter to the government to clarify the citizenship status of the elected regent of Sabu Raijua Regency, NTT, Orient Patriot Riwu Kore.
This request for clarification was made when Orient registered as a candidate for regional head for the 2020 Regional Head Election, Bawaslu received information that he had two nationalities, namely the United States and an Indonesian citizen.
However, until now, Abhan admitted that a number of ministries sent by Bawaslu had not provided answers.
"On September 16, 2020, Bawaslu Sabu Raijua sent a letter to the Director General of Legal Administration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia regarding requests for information on citizenship data. Until now, there has been no answer," Abhan said in a virtual press conference, Thursday, February 4.
The same thing happened when Bawaslu sent a letter to the Directorate of Immigration Traffic of the Republic of Indonesia on October 19, 2020 and the Director of the Immigration Information Technology System (SISTIK) on November 18, but they also did not reply.
"Bawaslu of Sabu Raijua Regency also sent a letter back to the Directorate of General Law Administration of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia to help Bawaslu Sabu Raijua check the citizenship status of Orient, but until now there has been no answer," said Abhan.
After time, Orient, who was paired with Thobias Uly, won the most votes in the election for the Regent-Deputy Regent of Sabu Raijua with 48.3 percent of the votes. The candidate pairs, which are promoted by the PDIP, Gerindra Party, and the Democrats, have been appointed as regents and deputy regents elected by the KPU.
Until finally, the US Embassy in Jakarta just replied to the Bawaslu letter on February 1, 2021. As a result, the US Embassy stated that Orient was a US citizen.
Therefore, Bawaslu requested that the inauguration of the elected regent of Sabu Raijua Regency, Orient Patriot Riwu Kore, be postponed.
This is because the previous term of office for the regent of Sabu Raijua will expire on 17 February. Meanwhile, currently Orien
t has a case of alleged election violation, namely having US citizenship during the nomination of Regent Sabu Raijua. "The basic question for this delay is that there is a letter from the US Embassy that is the basis for our requesting a postponement of this inauguration," said Head of Bawaslu Abhan.
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