PURWOKERTO - Member of the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of Banyumas Regency Yon Daryono admitted that he received information about the commotion that occurred during the Friends of Ganjar concert at the Satria Sports Hall, Purwokerto, Banyumas, Central Java, on Thursday, January 11.
"We did not see the commotion. We got information about it," said the Banyumas Regency's Coordinator of the Division for Handling Violations, Data and Information, quoted by ANTARA, Friday, January 12.
Nevertheless, he said that in the concert there were criminal acts such as beatings, riots, and persecution were the domain of the Police.
In this case, he said, Bawaslu only supervises the implementation of the elections in it, especially regarding campaigns.
According to him, the concert was a volunteer activity Sahabat Ganjar who had obtained a campaign notification receipt (STTP) which took effect on Thursday (11/1) until 22.00 WIB.
"If there is an incident or what is related to the incident, it is the domain in the security apparatus because it is not related to allegations of election violations," Yon emphasized.
The commotion that occurred during the Sahabat Ganjar concert came after the Banyumas PDI Perjuangan Cakra Buana Task Force arrested three people who wanted to be beaten by a mob of supporters of the Ganjar-Mahfud pair for trying to provoke by shouting presidential candidates from other camps.
After being taken to the security post, the three people were interrogated and searched until it was discovered that one of them was carrying a bottle of alcoholic beverages and another person carrying a T key, while one person who did not bring anything was invited to leave the location immediately.
When he was about to coordinate with the Banyumas City Police (Polresta) regarding the two people who brought the prohibited items, suddenly there was a commotion elsewhere so that all members of the task force immediately left the post.
However, while at the post there was only the Commander of the Cakra Buana Task Force, Iwan Mujianto, along with two people who were arrested, suddenly five unknown people arrived who asked for the two people to be released, until finally there was a commotion.
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As a result of the incident, Iwan Mujianto was injured and was taken to the Wijayakusuma Purwokerto Army Hospital. Based on the X-ray results, Iwan is known to have cracked and had fractures in several parts of his body.
Apart from Iwan, a concert audience also had to undergo treatment at Wijayakusuma Hospital because he suffered head injuries due to being hit by an alcoholic drink bottle.
Regarding this incident, Deputy Chairman of the Branch Winning Team (TPC) Ganjar-Mahfud, Banyumas Regency, Sadewo Tri Lastiono, asked all supporters of presidential and vice presidential candidate pair number 3 to maintain regional conduciveness and not to be provoked by provocations launched by other camps.
So far, he said, no matter how hard the political turmoil in Banyumas has been, there has never been a commotion and the people of the district are still brothers.
Asked about the possibility that the incident would be reported to the Banyumas Police, he admitted that he would discuss it first with the Ganjar-Mahfud TPC Banyumas Regency and the victims.
"Meanwhile, we will discuss it first. However, at the location there were Banyumas Police officers, of course they saw the incident," said Sadewo.
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