Proven To Distribute Campaign With Sticky Rice, Mataram NTB Dapil Candidate Demanded 5 Months In Prison

The defendant Ni Komang Puspita, candidate for the Cakranegara electoral district, Mataram, NTB was proven to have violated the election crime at the Mataram District Court, Monday (12/2/2024). (ANTARA/Dhimas BP)

The prosecutor demanded a 5-month prison sentence against the defendant Ni Komang Puspita, a legislative candidate for the electoral district (Dapil) Cakranegara, Mataram City, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

Based on the prosecutor's explanation, the defendant Ni Komang was proven to have distributed rice and photo stickers running for the 2024 election contestation.

"Demanding that the panel of judges impose a sentence on Ni Komang Puspita with a prison sentence of 5 months," said public prosecutor (JPU) Mutmainnah reading out the charges before the panel of judges at the Mataram District Court (PN), NTB, Monday, February 12, which was confiscated by Antara.

The prosecutor also asked the defendant Ni Komang to pay a fine of Rp. 5 million, subsidiary to 4 months in prison.

The prosecutor conveyed these demands by stating that the defendant Ni Komang Puspita's actions had been proven to have violated Article 523 paragraph (1) in conjunction with Article 280 paragraph (1) of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections.

As for the indictment, the prosecutor stated that every executor, participant, and/or election campaign team who deliberately promises or provides money or other materials in return to election campaign participants directly or indirectly is threatened with a maximum imprisonment of 2 years in prison and a maximum fine of Rp. 24 million.

After hearing the reading of the charges, the defendant Ni Komang was invited by the panel of judges if he wanted to file a defense by scheduling it at the next trial, Tuesday, February 13.