Teacher Chronology In West Pasaman Threatened Not To Be Given Aid To Choose Candidates For Regent's Children

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PASAMAN BARAT - An early childhood education teacher (PAUD) in West Pasaman received threats from a village head to elect a legislative candidate for the DPR RI who is the son of the regent.

The attorney for reporter Kasmanedi explained the chronology of his client being a private early childhood education teacher initials Ii (34). He is suspected of being intimidated from the village head (kades) to choose the son of the West Pasaman Regent who is currently the legislative candidate (caleg) of the DPR RI for the West Sumatra 2 electoral district. "It's true, today we report the Acting Mayor of Nagari Lembah Binuang Aura Kuniang initials FY for intimidating and threatening our client," he said to ANTARA. According to him, the complainant is also suspected of being threatened, intimidated and asked to withdraw from the team of one of the legislative candidates Hariadi BE from the constituency of West Sumbar 2. "My client was forced to support and succeed the son of the West Pasaman Regent, who is one of the legislative candidates of the DPR RI West Sumatra 2 named HD Dianovri Harpama," he explained. Then, his client was also suspected of being threatened if he didn't want to win the son of the regent, then the educational aid proposal for his PAUD sourced from the nagari would be abolished. "In that phone I was accused of being threatened by no educational proposal assistance from the nagari fund, even though I was neutral," he said., the reporter Ii (34) after making a report at Bawaslu on Wednesday night, confirmed that he was intimidated to win one of the candidate members of the DPR RI who is the son of the West Pasaman Regent. He explained that initially on Saturday 20 January he received a call from the Acting Wali Nagari Lembah Binuang Aua Kuniang initials FY. "At that time I was told to withdraw from the Hariadi BE team and move to make the regent's son a success. Even my help for school was threatened with no education operational assistance. I felt that I was intimidated, so I made a report," he said.

Meanwhile, the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of West Pasaman Regency, West Sumatra, has also received a report.

"Today there are reports that have entered the West Pasaman Bawaslu, we are investigating," said West Pasaman Bawaslu Commissioner Laurencius Simatupang at Simpang Empat, Wednesday night. 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.