Bawaslu Receives 20 Election Fraud Reports

Chairman of the Indonesian Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja (left) when giving a statement at the Indonesian KPU Building, Jakarta, Wednesday (20/3/2024). (ANTARA)

Chairman of the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Rahmat Bagja revealed that his party had received as many as 20 reports of alleged fraud that occurred during the recapitulation process for calculating the national vote acquisition.

Bagja emphasized that election participants who objected could also submit a request to the Constitutional Court (MK). This shows that the process of evaluating and resolving the reports is ongoing, and provides options for parties who feel the need to proceed to further legal proceedings.

"Yes, per recapitulation between dozens (report), because there was a special note yesterday, which is the residue. Then later, friends participating in the election can make a request to the Constitutional Court in the future," said Rahmat Bagja, Wednesday, March 20 evening.

To deal with the 2024 election dispute in the Constitutional Court, Bawaslu is currently preparing data on violations that occurred during and after the election. This is Bawaslu's commitment to monitor and take action against violations in order to maintain integrity and justice in the election process. This process is important to ensure accountability and transparency in the democratic process.

"Now we are preparing data for the handling of violations, data related to the results of the supervision on the day H, and also on the day before, during, and after the collection. Then there are also violations related to the problems in yesterday's recapitulation which are indicated to involve the organizers, for example, we are also investigating it for us to then follow up, "concluded Bagja.

It is known that the KPU has completed the recapitulation process for the presidential election votes for 38 provinces in an open plenary session at the KPU Office, Jakarta, Wednesday. The presidential candidate pair number 2 Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka won in 36 provinces with a total of 96,214,691 votes.