KY Ready To Monitor The 2024 Pilkada Criminal Action Session

Head of the Judicial Commission's Supervision and Investigation Division, Joko Sasmito, explained the results of monitoring the election criminal trial for the January 2024 October 2024 period in Jakarta, Wednesday (11/6/2024). (ANTARA/Fath Putra Mulya)

JAKARTA - The Head of the Supervision of Judges and Investigation of the Judicial Commission, Joko Sasmito, stated that his party was ready to monitor the 2024 Regional Head Election (Pilkada) trial because various special preparations had been made.

"If the preparation is special, right, there has been training carried out by KY. For example, a liaison, meaning, already knows the procedures that must be done," said Joko as quoted by ANTARA, Wednesday, November 6.

To provide the public with independent monitoring, KY has held Training Coaches or Training of Trainers (ToT) for Monitoring the 2024 Pilkada Trial in five cities, namely Surabaya, Padang, Mataram, Balikpapan, and Bogor.

"This TOT or technical guidance is expected to provide material content for the network to assist KY's duties in monitoring the trial of the regional election case," added Joko.

In addition, KY has also collaborated with various parties, such as the General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), the University of Indonesia, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports to encourage public awareness to carry out independent monitoring in court.

Joko explained that so far there have been nine requests for monitoring of regional election criminal proceedings, including trials in the highest court of state administration (PT TUN) and district courts.

"Indeed, there have been requests for monitoring of regional elections, there are nine that have been monitored by us. Later there will be reports of monitoring of regional elections," he added.

Meanwhile, in the January 'October 2024 period, KY has monitored 74 General Elections (2024) criminal trials in 52 district courts in 23 provinces. From the results of monitoring, KY did not find any violations committed by the judge.

Based on the findings of KY, the judges have implemented the procedural law based on the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) and other provisions in Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections.

On the other hand, KY also did not find any violations of the Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct of Judges (KEPPH) throughout the day the election was monitored.

In terms of court situations and conditions, KY found that the court monitored had provided information on the agenda of the trial and trial schedule, the composition of the panel of judges, as well as support and court facilities including security guarantees for judges.