Bawaslu: Major Teddy Attends The Debate Of Presidential Candidates As Adjutant Of Prabowo

Chairman of Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja (two from the left) along with other Bawaslu members (ANTARA PHOTO/Hreeloita Dharma Shanti)

JAKARTA - The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) stated that Major Inf Teddy Indra Wijaya's presence in the first debate of the 2024 presidential election on Tuesday (12/12) last week was proven only as an aide to presidential candidate number 2 Prabowo Subianto who is still the Minister of Defense.

"It is known that presidential candidate number two is currently still serving as Minister of Defense or state officials, so that the person concerned is prohibited from using facilities in his position except for security facilities for state officials referred to as stipulated in Article 281 paragraph 1 letter a of Law number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections. So Major Teddy's presence at the debate activity on December 12, 2023 at the KPU is in his capacity as a security officer," said Bawaslu Chairman Rahmat Bagja at the Bawaslu Supervision Results Press Conference during the 2024 Election Campaign Stage Period in Jakarta. reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, December 19.

Bagja stated that based on Bawaslu's findings in the field, Major Teddy as a member of the TNI was not proven to have participated in the team or the implementation of the campaign was an act that was prohibited as stipulated by the criminal threat of Article 280 Paragraph 3 Juncto Article 493 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections.

Meanwhile, regarding his position as an aide to the presidential candidate with serial number two, Bawaslu also stated that the reported party was not included in the campaign implementing team in the Campaign Information System and Campaign Fund (SIKADEKA).

Then related to the second warning, Bagja stated that he was still looking at the situation and the results of the study with his staff. Because, according to the agreement that Bawaslu made with the TNI Headquarters, all forms of violations of the code of ethics committed by members of the TNI and related to the neutrality of the agency, the follow-up process in the form of giving the punishment will be handed over to the TNI.

"We'll see later. Regarding clothes and gestures, it also depends on the results of our study which is currently still being carried out. Completed? Later," he said.

Another thing that was emphasized by Bawaslu was that the TNI/Polri were not allowed to join the campaign team or members of the campaign implementers. However, its presence is allowed if it only meets its capacity as security.

Previously in the first debate for the 2024 election presidential candidate, some people questioned the presence of Major Inf Teddy Indra Wijaya whose video was circulating on social media.

In the video, Teddy Indra Wijaya as personal aide to the presidential candidate number 2 Prabowo Subianto is highlighted by the camera sitting with the ranks of supporters of the Prabowo-Gibran candidate pair while wearing a similar color of clothing.

This makes the public question the neutrality of the TNI which is known to be prohibited from participating as implementers and campaign teams, as regulated in Article 280 paragraph 3 of Law (UU) Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections.