Bawaslu Is Still In The Process Of Finding Alleged Timses In Banten For Money

Chairman of the Indonesian General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), Rahmat Bagja. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

Chairman of the Indonesian Bawaslu Rahmat Bagja admitted that his party was still processing the findings of a video containing the action of a man suspected of being a successful team of regional head candidates in Banten distributing Rp100 thousand denominations from the car.

"It's still in the process. Is this included in the initial information, right? Because things like this have to get around a time of only 3 plus 2 days," said Bagja when met by media crews in the Ancol area, Jakarta, Saturday, October 19, evening.

According to him, Bawaslu should see if it is true that the man in the video is a campaign team for the candidate pair for governor-deputy governor-deputy governor of Banten Andra Soni-Dimyati Natakusumah and a candidate for regent-deputy regent of Pandeglang Raden Dewi Setiani-Ling Andri Supriyadi.

In addition, according to him, it must be investigated who is in charge of the activity.

Bagja admitted that he had to check in more detail regarding the findings to the Bawaslu of Banten Province and Pandeglang Regency because they were still in the process at the Integrated Law Enforcement Center (Gakkumdu Center).

"We will check again with friends at the lower level, because this is if I'm not mistaken, Bawaslu Banten and Pandeglang. It is still in process at the Gakkumdu Center," he explained, quoted from Antara.

Previously, it was crowded on social media the action of a man with a white t-shirt with glasses and wearing a black hat throwing Rp100 thousand denominations in large quantities from the top of a black SUV.

Residents around seemed to be scrambling to take the money that the man had distributed, from young people, mothers, to the elderly.

In the video, the back of the windshield is recorded with a sticker attached to the candidate pair for the regent of Pandeglang Raden Dewi Setiani and the vice regent candidate for Pandeglang Ling Andri Supriadi on the left.

Meanwhile, on the right side there is a picture of the candidate pair for governor of Banten and the candidate for deputy governor of Banten, Andra Soni-Dimyati Natakusumah.

It is known that the 2024 Pilkada campaign phase is currently underway which starts on September 25 and ends on November 23, 2024. During the campaign period, there have been restrictions on pairs of candidates for regional heads, one of which is money politics.

The rules for prohibiting money politics in the Pilkada are regulated in Article 73 of Law Number 10 of 2016 concerning Pilkada. It is stated that candidates and/or campaign teams are prohibited from promising and/or giving money or other materials to influence election organizers and/or voters.