Bawaslu Receives 1,271 Reports Of Alleged Violations Of The 2024 Election

Chairman of Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja (left) and Bawaslu Member Herwyn JH. Malonda/ANTARA/Rio Feisal.

Chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Rahmat Bagja revealed that his institution received 1,271 reports and 650 findings of alleged violations during the 2024 election stage.

Bagja said the data was accumulated until February 26, 2024 and was divided into various types of violations.

"Allegations of administrative violations, alleged election crimes, alleged violations of the election organizer's code of ethics, and other alleged violations of the law," Bagja said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, February 27.

Bagja said as many as 482 reports and 541 findings had been registered, while 104 other findings had not been registered.

"Then the results of the handling of violations, 479 violations, 324 violations, 69 administrative violations, 39 violations of alleged election crimes, and 125 other violations of the law," he said.

Meanwhile, Bawaslu Member Herwyn J. H. Malonda said that one of the trends of alleged election criminal violations was administrative violations.

Herwyn said administrative violations occurred, including campaigns outside the campaign period, factual verification to political party centers, social media videos, or code of ethics.

"For the election criminal trend, first, he is related to article 521, then 523 regarding money politics, then articles 490, 491, 494, and 493 (Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning general elections)," said Herwyn.

He explained that the trend of alleged election violations included document falsification during the campaign period or ahead of voting day related to money politics.

The two trends, he said, are still being handled by Bawaslu or the police and the prosecutor's office.

"Then another trend, first, is related to the neutrality of ASN. Then also regarding the provisions of Article 283 related to regional heads who violate the provisions of Article 283 Paragraph 1 of Law Number 7/2017," he said.

The findings and reports received by Bawaslu do not include administrative violations regarding the causes of re-voting in a number of areas.