Vice President Asks Bawaslu To Strictly Monitor The 2024 Election, Process All Complaints

Screenshot of Vice President Ma'ruf Amin giving a press statement at the Vice President's Palace, Jakarta, Monday (20/11/2023)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin asked the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to carry out election supervision duties properly and process every election complaint that comes in.

This was conveyed by the Vice President following the news of the acting regional head and village head who expressed support for certain presidential and vice presidential candidates.

"I ask the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) to carry out its duties properly," said the Vice President, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, November 20.

The Vice President said that based on the rules, it was clear that the TNI/Polri and the state civil apparatus (ASN) must be neutral. President Joko Widodo, said the Vice President, had ordered regional heads to be neutral.

"So I think from the rules and so on it's (clear)," he said.

The vice president asked Bawaslu as the supervisor in the field to carry out strict supervision.

"Well, in this field, I think what needs supervision from Bawaslu is to continue to carry out strict supervision and receive reports submitted for processing," he said.

The vice president invited the public to participate in supervising and reporting when they found allegations of election violations.

"If the supervisory agency does not dare to take steps, of course, I don't think it will be effective in its supervision," he explained.

Previously reported, Bawaslu Chairman Rahmat Bagja conveyed that there were two reports related to the alleged violation of the neutrality of the Acting Head, namely Acting Regent of Sorong and acting regent in the West Nusa Tenggara region.

"One has been forwarded to KASN, 3 weeks or a month ago, it happened a long time ago, in Lombok, if I'm not mistaken, the regent in the NTB area," said Bagja at the Bina Graha Building, Jakarta, Monday.

Bagja said Bawaslu was tasked with conveying whether or not there were violations during the campaign period. Currently, it has not entered the campaign period.

"The execution (sanction) is in the State Civil Apparatus Commission and the Minister of PANRB as well as the State Civil Service Agency. We only state that this is an alleged violation, the case is like this, please follow up," he explained.