KPU Reminds Political Party Campaign Notifications To Police Enough Via WA

Illustration of the PPP campaign. (ANTARA-M Iqbal)

JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) of DKI Jakarta Province reminded that the notification letter for political party campaigns (parpol) in the regions is sufficient via text message through the WhatsApp (WA) application.

"We are coordinating with Polda Metro Jaya to simplify notification by not having to come directly but using WhatsApp," said Head of the DKI Jakarta KPU Socialization, Education and Community Participation Division Astri Megatari after the evaluation meeting for the simplification of the election campaign notification mechanism in Jakarta, Monday, January 8, was confiscated by Antara.

Astri explained that the solution came from the Polda Metro Jaya so that the campaign team could still inform its activities in the midst of limited time and energy.

The political party campaign team in sending campaign notification letters can be sent cumulatively in PDF by contacting the WhatsApp number 08177740006.

Moreover, the DKI KPU has evaluated from the beginning of the campaign period, namely November 28 to a month, residents do not receive information about campaign notification letters.

"It turned out that in the field it was found that many political parties had difficulties if, for example, they had to come directly to the Regional Police to provide a notification letter," he explained.

Therefore, he continued, so that the campaign team continues to carry out its obligations, then sending a notification letter is given an alternative with the WhatsApp service.

"There are rules for submitting notification letters to the local police, copies to the KPU and Bawaslu," he added.

He explained that the campaign had a different scale, both face-to-face campaigns and public meetings, so there needed to be assistance from the police for security.

The election campaign starts on November 28, 2023 to February 10, 2024 in the form of limited, face-to-face meeting activities, the distribution of campaign props to the public, debate of presidential and vice presidential candidates, and social media campaigns. Then, the campaign from January 21 to February 10, 2024 is a general meeting campaign, as well as advertisements through print, electronic, and online mass media.