West Pasaman Bawaslu Receives Report On Intimidation Of Village Heads To Teachers For Coblos Candidates 2024

West Pasaman Bawaslu Commissioner Laurencius Simatupang gave a statement after receiving a report on the alleged violation of the 2024 General Election, Wednesday (24/1/2024). (ANTARA)

SIMPANG FOUR- The Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) of West Pasaman Regency, West Sumatra, received a report from an early childhood education teacher because of allegations of intimidation from a Nagari Mayor Officer (village head) to elect a candidate for legislature (Caleg) of the DPR RI for the West Sumatra 2 election in the 2024 Simultaneous Election. "Today there are reports that have been submitted to Bawaslu Pasaman Barat, we are investigating," said West Bawaslu Commissioner Laurencius Simatupang at Simpang Empat, quoted ANTARA, Thursday, January 25. His party has now received three reports of alleged violations of the 2024 General Election and is still in the process of determining whether to fulfill the elements in the violation. Meanwhile, the attorney for the reporter Kasmanedi said the reporter was a teacher of the private early childhood education initials Ii (34). He is suspected of being intimidated to elect the son of the West Pasaman Regent who is currently a legislative candidate (caleg) of the DPR RI for the West Sumatra 2 electoral district. "It's true, today we report the Acting Mayor Nagari Lembah Binuang Aua Kuniang has the initials FY for intimidating and threatening our clients," he said. According to him, the reporter is also suspected of being threatened, intimidated and asked to resign from the team of one of the legislative candidates Hariadi BE from the constituency of West Sumatra 2. "My client is also suspected of being threatened if he doesn't want to win the regent's son. so the education assistance proposal for his PAUD sourced from nagari will be abolished. "My client is also threatened with not receiving educational proposals from the nagari fund, despite being neutral," he said. Meanwhile, the reporter Ii (34) after making a report at Bawaslu Wednesday (24/1) night, confirmed that he was intimidated to win one of the candidates for DPR RI members who is the son of the West Pasaman Regent. He explained that initially on Saturday (20/1) he got a call from the Acting Mayor Nagari Lembah Binuang Aua Kuniang has the initials FY. "In that call I was accused of having contributed to the success of the legislative candidate for the DPR RI Hariadi BE and was told to resign, even though I was not in the winning team but only in a close relationship with Hariadi BE's wife. I was very surprised and I was told to go to his office," he said. Monday (22/1), he came to the Office of Wali Nagari Lembah Binuang and met with the Acting Wali Nagari. "At that time I was told to withdraw from the Hariadi BE team and move away "The success of the regent's son. Even the assistance for my school was threatened that it was not given from the education operational assistance fund. I feel intimidated, that's why I made a report," he said. Responding to this, the coordinator of the West Pasaman Hariadi BE volunteer team Muhammad Ikbal deeply regretted the attitude of a Nagari Acting Mayor who is a State Civil Apparatus (ASN). "ASN must clearly be neutral and not take sides. Moreover, intimidating a teacher or citizen," he said.

According to him, the candidate Hariadi BE feels wronged because there is an ASN who directs and intimidates a teacher. "We hope that the West Pasaman Bawaslu will follow up and take action against the perpetrators because they have injured democracy at this time," he said.