Indonesian Bawaslu Handles 777 Reports Of Alleged Violations During Election Stages

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JAKARTA - The Indonesian General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has followed up on 777 cases of alleged violations during the 2024 General Election. Members of the Indonesian Bawaslu Lolly Suspended The handling of this case is included in the report and internal findings of Bawaslu. "What is handled by the Indonesian Bawaslu is 42 cases during the campaign stage. However, during all stages there were 777 alleged violations which then proceeded to Bawaslu, both from the door of the findings and reports," Lolly told reporters, Sunday, December 17. It is planned that Bawaslu will announce a number of cases that are still in the process of being declared violations of the election or not next week. "Monday there will be a coordination meeting, whether then this can be declared an election crime or not. Later the plan is for Wednesday or Thursday to hold a press conference. Later we will also convey the number of violations," explained Lolly. Furthermore, Lolly explained that one of the alleged election violations reported to Bawaslu was the destruction of campaign props (APK). The third APK pair of presidential and vice presidential candidates were also targeted for destruction. "We need to convey, this is an election crime. In this context, several regencies and cities have conveyed to the Indonesian Bawaslu that there was an incident, both in candidate 1, candidate pair 2, and candidate pair 3, the destruction," explained Lolly. Among several cases of vandalism by the APK, Lolly admitted that his party did not have sufficient information regarding the chronology of the incident. For example, it is not known who the perpetrators of the destruction of the APK are. "So then what was damaged stated 'yes, that's okay, we don't need to report it because the information doesn't exist, but please give a warning'," explained Lolly.

"Responding to this, Bawaslu then carried out patrols to ensure that at vulnerable hours. For example, in districts/cities that occur, vulnerable hours are from 1 to 3 o'clock. So, we ask our supervisory staff to carry out patrols," he added.