Lampung Bawaslu Handles Report Of Alleged KPU Members Receiving Candidates

The Coordinator of the Lampung Bawaslu Violation Handling Division, Tamri. (ANTARA/Dian Hadiyatna)

BANDAR LAMPUNG-Bawaslu Lampung registered a report from the Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) on the alleged case of members of the Bandarlampung KPU who allegedly received a sum of money with certain agreements from legislative candidates from the PDI-P.

"As a result of our initial study, the NGO report meets formal and material requirements, and has been registered based on the results of the plenary session," said the Coordinator of the Lampung Bawaslu Violation Handling Division, Tamri, in Bandarlampung, as reported by ANTARA, Friday, March 1.

He revealed that based on the results of the plenary meeting held, Bawaslu Lampung found that there were allegations of ethical violations of election organizers.

"The reported person of the Bandarlampung KPU is suspected of collaborating with Panwaslu officers from West Tanjungkarang District (TKB) and the Kedaton District Election Committee to manipulate the votes of the Bandarlampung City DPRD candidate for the District 4, Erwin Nasution," he said.

Then, he continued, related to the alleged ethical violation of election organizers, in this case Panwaslu TKB and PPK Kedaton will be handled by the Bawaslu of Bandarlampung City.

"The allegation of this case is also the Panwascam and PPK. The possibility of handling it is delegated to Bawaslu Bandarlampung, if we are the commissioners," he said.

Previously, the chairman of the Lampung KPU, Erwan, stated that he had clarified internally against members of the Bandarlampung KPU who were suspected of receiving a sum of money with a certain agreement from the legislative candidate from the PDI-P.

"We have summoned the person concerned for clarification regarding the veracity of the information. When clarified, the person concerned denied receiving the money. We have not been able to convey the complete results of the clarification, but what is clear is that the person concerned has denied receiving the money," he said.

It is known that the candidate for the Bandarlampung DPRD for Electoral District IV from PDIP M. Erwin Nasution has reported one of the commissioners of the Bandarlampung KPU to Bawaslu because he has received a certain amount of money with a certain agreement on Monday (26/2). However, on Wednesday (28/2) M. Erwin Nasution withdrew his report at Bawaslu Lampung.