KPU Considers It Fair To Install CCTV In The Logistics Warehouse For The 2024 Election Connected To The Resort Police In East Java

Chairman of the KPU Hasyim Asy'ari. (ANTARA-Tri Meilani Ameliya)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU) Hasyim Asy'ari spoke about the issue of surveillance cameras or CCTV of the KPU connected to the police in East Java (East Java). Hasyim said it was in accordance with the memorandum of understanding or MoU between the KPU and the Police.

"This is the embodiment and implementation of the cooperation between the KPU and the Police as the MoU which was signed by the KPU Chairman with the National Police Chief [General of Police Listyo Sigit Prabowo] on December 29, 2022," said Hasyim in his statement, Friday, November 10, quoted by Antara.

He explained that the CCTV installation was a form of security from the police as regulated in the Election Law. The security of the police against the KPU includes personnel, assets and logistics, namely production, distribution and irregularities in warehouses.

For this reason, he considered it natural for CCTV to be installed in the KPU office environment. "This is natural. There is nothing to worry about and not 'odd facts'," he said.

Previously, the CCTV installation letter was issued by the Blitar City Police for the local KPU and Bawaslu Chair on November 7, 2023. The letter was signed by the Blitar City Police Chief AKBP Danang Setiyo.

Perindo politician Aiman Witjaksono revealed that the KPU CCTV issue was connected to a number of police stations in East Java. Aiman said he had found irregularities in the CCTV installation.

"This afternoon I will have a dialogue about the neutrality of the apparatus in the 2024 presidential election. I found strange facts regarding the installation of CCTV connected by the KPU with a number of police in East Java. What is wrong?" Aiman tweeted on his X social media account, quoted Friday, November 10.