Acting Mayor Of Bengkulu Reported Allegations Of Netrality Violations, Bawaslu Examines Several Witnesses

Bengkulu City PPPS Kordiv, Ahmad Maskuri. BETWEEN/Anggi Mayasari

BENGKULU - The Bengkulu City General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) conducted an examination of a number of witnesses and reporters related to the alleged violation of the neutrality of the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) committed by the Acting Mayor of Bengkulu Arif Gunadi. The Coordinator of the Bengkulu City Bawaslu Division for Handling, Utilization and Dispute Violation (Kordiv PPPS), Ahmad Maskuri, said that the examination was carried out to ask for information and clarification of a number of witnesses and reporters related to the alleged case of ASN neutrality in the area. "Yesterday there was a report submitted to the Bengkulu City Bawaslu Office regarding what one of the officials did in the chat group, today we summoned the reporter and the witness who was brought by the complainant when submitting the report for us to ask for information," he said in Bengkulu City, Antara, Friday, January 19. Regarding the mechanism for examining witnesses related to the alleged violation of ASN neutrality in Bengkulu City, Bawaslu will conduct an examination of a number of people who are related to the report. "Because of the neutrality carried out by one of the officials in Bengkulu City because he is an ASN, we are asking for information," he explained. Meanwhile, there were two campaign rules that were violated by the Acting in Bengkulu City, Arif Gunadi during the campaign period, such as the neutrality of the State Civil Apparatus (ASN) and the alleged 2024 General Election (Pemilu) crime. "The report has entered the Bengkulu City Bawaslu and a study has been carried out and we have decided to follow up. Next we will coordinate with the Bengkulu Province Bawaslu because the violation process must coordinate to carry out the next process," he explained.

Therefore, based on the results of the legal study that has been carried out, his party agreed that the alleged violation committed by the Bengkulu Acting Mayor would be followed up and coordinated with the Bengkulu Province Bawaslu. It is known that the Acting Mayor of Bengkulu is suspected of distributing photos or pictures of candidates for members of the Bengkulu Province House of Representatives (DPRD) who are his own wives to a chat group consisting of 852 contacts and accompanied by an image of a candidate's ballot from one of the parties.