DKI Jakarta Regional Office Bans Election Campaigns In Detention Centers And Prisons

Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kakanwil Kemenkumham) DKI Jakarta, Ibnu Chuldun/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

JAKARTA - Correctional Inmates (WBP) in all prisons and detention centers in Jakarta have been listed as a Permanent Voter List (DPT) and an Additional Voter List (DPTb) in the upcoming 2024 General Election. The number of inmates who received the DPT and DPTb has reached 100 percent.

"They have been registered as DPT (permanent voter list) and DPTB (additional voter list), the data is more than 94.7 percent. This means that all (WBP) have been fulfilled, the implementation (election) is in February 14th," said Head of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kakanwil Kemenkumham) DKI Jakarta, Ibnu Chuldun to reporters, Friday, December 8.

Ibnu also held an apple in the framework of the 2023 Nataru alert and the pledge of neutrality of correctional officers in the 2024 General Election.

"We have made a pledge to all civil servants that the implementation of the 2024 election is neutral. In that pledge we are neutral to our partners. We are committed to not affecting anyone because that is their right in the election," he said.

In addition, the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights also emphasizes the inmates and detainees if they do not influence them in terms of voting in the 2024 election.

"We are committed not to influence. Likewise, we will not be influenced by anyone. This is what we need to emphasize carefully that DKI Jakarta has been in the process of preparing for this election, preparing to WBP for its voting rights," he said.

In addition, Ibnu also ensured that there were no campaigns in prisons and detention centers in Jakarta.

"There are no campaigns in prisons. Everything is eliminated, it can't be," he said.