Paslon 02's Voice Is Not Accurate At The KPU Site, Bawaslu Affirms Sirekap Is Not Decisive

Chairman of Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja (Aziz Masido/VOI)

JAKARTA - The General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) responded to a viral video related to candidate pair 02's voice data on the KPU website which is higher than the C1 form.

Regarding this issue, the Head of Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja emphasized that the recap on the KPU website was only to help KPPS officers, not as a determinant.

Because continued Rahmat, what determines is the recapitulation which is calculated manually as stated in Law number 7 of 2017 concerning general elections.

"Regarding whether the relationship is then a problem or not, the determinant remains according to law number 7 of 2017 concerning the recapitulation manual, so the syrecap of the aid, hopefully, the relationship will not become our problem again," said Rahmat at the Bawaslu office, Jakarta, Thursday 15 February.

Bawaslu member Lolly Suhenty added, Bawaslu also continues to monitor various processes in the field, including the inaccuracy between the sirekap data on the KPU website and the C1 form.

"We will explore the process from today, February 15 to March 20 until it is finished, let's wait together," explained Lolly.

Lolly also asked the public to know that this sirekap is a tool during the manual recapitulation process.

Previously, it went viral on social media, there were differences in numbers between the sirekap and the C1 form at TPS 33 Depok which benefited the Prabowo-Gibran candidate pair.

Where in the video, Prabowo-Gibran has a difference in numbers of up to 800 more votes, while the candidate pairs Anies-Muhaimin and Ganjar-Mahfud match the C1 form as a result of the vote.