Observer: The NTB Pilkada Survey Focuses More On The Interests Of Prospective Payments

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JAKARTA - Legal observer from Mataram University, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Kurniawan stated, the results of the 2024 Pilkada Governor and Deputy Governor of NTB survey circulating in the community highlight the interests of the pairs of candidates who pay.

"I am also watching, so I see that this is indeed an interest now. This is what I see because based on interests, its interests are ultimately prioritized. This means that whoever pays, he will win," Kurniawan said as quoted by ANTARA, Saturday, October 19.

He revealed, the results of his observations in various social media groups, that there was survey agency A conveying the results of candidate A winning, survey agency B winning candidate B, as well as survey agency C the results are the same.

The results of the survey presented also look strange. This is because the results of the survey of one candidate are very different from the results of the survey of other candidates.

Usually, according to Kurniawan, the results of each survey institution are not too much different because they have an error margin.

This can be seen in the results of the survey on the election of presidential candidates some time ago.

"So that's what I saw. Indeed, the survey results are portraits at this time, so it could change the results. But usually it's not too big to go down or up. Unless there are things that are really extraordinary, such as a scandal or after a debate with the candidates," he said.

Seeing the phenomenon of survey results in the 2024 NTB Pilkada, Prof. Kurniawan invited the public to be critical with the results of a survey that was distributed to the public massively.

The public must check whether the institutions that publish the survey results are credible and have a permit.

Then what method is used, what kind of sample distribution and is in accordance with the rules or not.

If the survey institute does not have a permit or is illegal, and does not meet the requirements, both from professional institutions and from government institutions, then the products produced are also legally illegal.

"People should not be influenced, and that could be directed at spreading fake news because it is not issued by a credible institution or a legal institution," he said.

The increasing spread of the results of the NTB Pilkada survey in the community, Kurniawan encouraged professional institutions and government institutions, such as the General Election Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) to carry out control so that the public avoids misleading information.

"So the principles of law in general, when we feel aggrieved, when we feel cheated, when we feel cheated, the community has the right to take legal action," he said.