KPU Karawang Deactivates 2 PPK Members Regarding Inflated Votes Of Candidates

Chairman of KPU Karawang Mari Fitriana. (ANTARA/Ali Khumaini/dok)

The General Election Commission of Karawang Regency, West Java, has disabled two members of the Pakisjaya District Election Committee (PPK) following allegations of inflating votes to a district legislative candidate. Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU) of Karawang Regency, Mari Fitriana, said that his party had summoned the Pakisjaya PPK ranks for clarification related to the polemic of alleged inflating votes. From the results of the clarification, two members of PPK Pakisjaya admitted that they had changed their votes on certain legislative candidates. The two people include the chairman and division of the Pakisjaya PPK parmas. "After clarification, we discussed it at the KPU internal plenary meeting, and finally it was decided that the two members of the Pakisjaya PPK were disabled," he said. in Karawang, Antara, February 28. This is in accordance with the Decree of the Indonesian KPU Number 337/HK.06.2-Kpt/01/KPU/VII/2020 concerning Technical Guidelines for Handling Code of Ethics Violations, Code of Conduct, Oath/promise, and/or Integrity Pact of Members of the District Election Committee, Voting Committee, and Voting Organizing Group. According to him, the decision to deactivate the two members of the Pakisjaya PPK was stated in the KPU Decree (SK) of Karawang Regency Number 1204 of 2024. "For the next process, we have formed an inspection team, so a trial will be held to examine the alleged violation of the code of ethics against the two people, for further investigation and handling," he said. For this incident, Mari said that the PPK ranks should not make mistakes like PPK Pakisjaya. Meanwhile, if a similar case is found later, it will not hesitate to take firm action. "So we hope this will be a valuable lesson for other PPKs, that problems like this of course the KPU will not remain silent, and we will act decisively in accordance with applicable procedures," he said.

Meanwhile, the alleged inflated vote in the Legislative Election of the 2024 Karawang Regency DPRD was revealed at a number of polling stations (TPS) in Pakisjaya District. One of the allegations is the transfer of votes for legislative candidates from the Democratic Party to other legislative candidates from the same party.