Reported To Bawaslu, Ridwan Kamil Clarifies: I Was Invited By BPD, There Was No Distribution Of Money

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Ridwan Kamil clarified his report to Bawaslu Tasikmalaya regarding alleged campaign violations. RK, as he is known, emphasized that he only came as an invitation to explain Prabowo-Gibran's vision and mission.

"I was present at the Jambore event of the Tasikmalaya Village Consultative Body in the capacity as UNDANGAN to explain the vision and mission of the village candidate pair 02, as chairman of the TKD. Yes, I will explain it," said Kang Emil via his Instagram account @ridwankamil, Friday, January 19.

Ridwan Kamil explained that his invited party is a member of the Village Consultative Body throughout Indonesia.

"BPD is a village regulation. Groups are village political figures. Not village officials or ASN," he said.

In addition, Kang Emil dismissed the distribution of money while attending the event. All there is is is the distribution of prizes for the Gemoy dance competition.

There is no political money sharing. It's legal.

"What is there is the distribution of prizes for the club dance competition, which is distributed prizes from on stage," said the former Governor of West Java.

Bawaslu Tasikmalaya Regency, West Java, is investigating alleged campaign violations by former West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil who campaigned for candidate pair number 2 in the Jambore event of the Village Consultative Body (BPD) in Cipatujah, Tasikmalaya.

"We are currently reviewing this because we will decide whether this is registered or not," said Head of Bawaslu, Tasikmalaya Regency, Dodi Juanda, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, January 19.

Bawaslu has received information about the campaign activities of former West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil in BPD activities, which in terms of election regulations should not have campaign elements at BPD events.

Furthermore, Bawaslu conducted a search to investigate related to the case of campaign violations by Ridwan Kamil (RK) as the Head of the Prabowo-Gibran Regional Campaign Team (TKD) in West Java.

"We asked for information, especially the BPD committee in the field," he said.

Based on the results of the examination by the committee and BPD of Tasikmalaya Regency, according to him, the presence of RK at the event was brought by the General Chairperson of BPD, not an invitation from the committee. Likewise, RK is not in the composition of the event.

The committee in the regions, according to him, could not do much, let alone leave the event, until it finally remained present until the activity was completed.

The committee, he continued, assessed that those who attended the former governor then invited RK to the stage. Next on stage, RK asked for permission for the campaign so that the action had an intention to campaign.

"The point is, it is indeed Mr. RK who is a bit fatal," said Dodi.