Bawaslu Regarding Tukin Rising Ahead Of The Election: It Doesn't Mean Weakening Work

Illustration of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu). (Between)

JAKARTA - Member of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) Lolly Suhenty said the increase in performance allowances (tukin) within the Secretariat General (Setjen) of Bawaslu did not automatically reduce his performance.

"But the important thing to note is that if the Bawaslu allowance increases, it does not automatically reduce Bawaslu's performance, because if it is true that Bawaslu's allowance has increased, it should actually improve its performance in monitoring," said Lolly in the Gambir area, Jakarta, Tuesday, February 13, which was confiscated by Antara.

Meanwhile, Lolly admitted that he was grateful for the increase in the Tukin, but he emphasized again so that Bawaslu's performance would not decrease.

"So, right, if Tukin really appreciates performance, right? Where is this good people's performance, then they get rewards. If people get rewards, the work continues to be sluggish, right?" he said.

Lolly also emphasized that the decline in performance after getting an increase in tukin was something that was not allowed.

"If we are in a position, thank God if the tukin adds, but that doesn't mean it will weaken Bawaslu's work. It shouldn't be allowed," he said.

According to him, tukin comes from people's money, namely taxes, so that his party will continue to work to be upright with existing regulations.

"We will always be straight to the norms because Bawaslu works based on regulations, so Bawaslu's perspective will certainly use regulatory glasses. This needs to be a note. We will not see left, right, front, rear. What the regulations say, then that is the guideline for Bawaslu," said Lolly.

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) issued Presidential Regulation (Perpres) of the Republic of Indonesia Number 18 of 2024 concerning Employee Performance Allowances within the Secretariat General of the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu).

In a copy of the Presidential Decree which was reported from the jdih.setneg.go.id page in Jakarta, Tuesday, the nominal amount of the performance allowance paid per month was divided into 17 levels of office class, starting from Rp1,968,000 for the 1st to Rp29,085,000 office classes. 17.

"The performance allowance for employees within the Secretariat General of the General Election Supervisory Body as referred to in Article 3 is given starting from the Presidential Regulation," reads Article 4 of Presidential Decree Number 18 of 2024.

The regulation was stipulated in Jakarta and signed by President Jokowi on Monday, February 12.