JK Concerning KPU Violating Code Of Ethics Passes Gibran's Candidate: How Not True Results That Are Not True

Jusuf Kalla/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - The 10th and 12th Vice Presidents Jusuf Kalla (JK) responded to the decision of the Honorary Council of Election Organizers (DKPP) which imposed ethical violations on the General Election Commission (KPU) for accepting the nomination of Gibran Rakabuming Raka as a vice presidential candidate in 2024.

According to JK, this decision marks the nomination process for the vice presidential candidate number 2 Gibran Rakabuming Raka starting in a way that violates the rules.

"For all of us, the wrong way will produce the wrong thing," said JK at his residence, Jalan Brawijaya, South Jakarta, Wednesday, February 7.

However, JK assessed that President Joko Widodo's son candidacy in the 2024 presidential election no longer needed to be debated. Despite the problem, JK considers it better for the public to supervise the 2024 election so that there is no fraud.

"It's over, we don't have to think about it. That's okay. This week's thoughts we argue against all the ballot lists that have been printed, cannot be changed again. So the truth is to make this election clean," said JK.

It is known that the DKPP issued a stern warning to the Chairman of the KPU Hasyim Asy'ari and six members for accepting the registration of Gibran Rakabuming Raka as a vice presidential candidate for the 2024 election. They are suspected of violating legal certainty.

However, in its decision, DKPP stated that the nomination of Gibran Rakabuming Raka, which the KPU had announced, was in accordance with the constitution and complied with the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK).

"Based on the above provisions, the KPU in casu of the defendants has an obligation to comply with the decision of the Constitutional Court as a valid instruction according to the constitution," reads the consideration of the DKPP decision.

"That the actions of the defendants to follow up on the Constitutional Court Decision Number 90/PUU-XXI/2023 regarding the nomination of presidential and vice presidential election participants in 2024 is a step that is in accordance with the constitution," he added.