Syarief Hasan Asks The Regional Government And Bawaslu To Secure The APK From Damage

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JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the MPR Syarief Hasan asked the local government (Pemda) and the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to participate in maintaining and securing campaign props (APK) so as not to be damaged. According to him, the destruction caused losses to both parties, both legislative candidates (caleg) and the community. He said the legislative candidates lost because their APK was damaged, while the public did not have time to know and compare the candidates.

"It must be done uniformly in all regions. This incident must be noted, to be evaluated and corrected in the next election," Syarief said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, February 8.

He said the destruction of the APB also contributed to the high cost of elections.

The reason is, he considered, the damaged APK would definitely make the legislative candidates replace it with a new one.

Even though it contributed to the high cost of the campaign, it even caused casualties, he refused if billboards, banners and tubers as APK were abolished.

According to him, not all members of the community, especially those living in villages, remote areas, and remote areas, can recognize potential leaders even though they are currently entering the digital era and social media.

Regarding other things, he considered it would be better if the campus was involved in efforts to oversee the election, so that it would take place honestly, fairly, neutrally, without any partiality.

Regarding the criticism submitted by various academics regarding the implementation of democracy in Indonesia, according to him, this is merely an assumption.

"So this is criticism for us together, because something is happening in the field," he said.