Bawaslu Will Investigate Documentary Dirty Vote Movies Related To Elections

Bawaslu Member Lolly Suhenty (center)/PHOTO: Abdul Aziz Masindo-VOI

JAKARTA - The General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) will study the documentary Dirty Vote which is currently viral. The deepening is related to elements that benefit or harm the candidate pair as stipulated in Article 280 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections.

"Later, the film will be checked, what is clear is that if the elements are fulfilled are profitable or detrimental, if the elements of the articles that are violated are 280 about slandering, pitting each other, then we will process it later," said Bawaslu member Lolly Suhenty in Bawaslu, Central Jakarta, Monday 12 February.

Article 280 of Law Number 7 of 2017 regulates matters prohibited in campaigns, including insulting religion, ethnicity, race, groups, candidates or election participants. Instigating and pitting the community. Using government facilities, places of worship and educational places. Promising or giving money or other materials to election campaign participants.

Bawaslu will check the documentary through the violation division to ascertain whether it causes slander.

"If it creates slander, we check through the division of handling violations, of course we have to connect this issue," explained Lolly

In addition, Bawaslu will also explore the statement of the Prabowo-Gibran National Campaign Team (TKN) which provided clarification about the documentary Dirty Vote in the campaign period.

Deputy chairman of TKN Habiburokhman when reading the TKN's attitude assessed that most of what was conveyed in the film was something with a slanderous tone, a very assumptive hate narrative, and very scientific.

"I have to first pay close attention to Habiburokhman's statement in full about what the film is getting viral, then I will check Habiburokhman's statement, in principle we will take care of it," concluded Lolly.