Calm Period, Bawaslu Seize Food Packages From The RK-Suswono And Pramono-Rano Teams In The Thousand Islands J

DOC Bawaslu Thousand Islands

JAKARTA - The Thousand Islands Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) confiscated thousands of food packages on several islands in the Thousand Islands.

The food packages for residents were sent by the candidate pair team number 1 Ridwan Kamil-Suswono and pair number 3 Pramono Anung-Rano Karno.

Considering that currently entering the calm period of the 2024 Pilkada, the Thousand Islands Bawaslu also confiscated and sealed the food packages.

"Bawaslu Kepulauan Seribu telah melakukan pengelian paket sembako. Paket sembako tersebut diduga dikirimkan oleh tim paslon 01 dan tim paslon 03," kata Anggota Bawaslu DKI Jakarta Benny Sabdo kepada wartawan, Selasa, 26 November.

Benny said that his party was still conducting further searches of the shipment of the basic food packages. This is because there are snares in the political act of money if it is true that the food packages will be distributed during calm times.

"Bawaslu DKI continues to patrol money politics surveillance during the quiet period, as well as invite residents to report if there are campaign activities and money politics practices in the DKI Jakarta area," said Benny.

From the results of the initial search, Thousand Islands Bawaslu member Ulil Amri said that the food packages sent by the RK-Suswono candidate pair team were found on Sabira Island. Then, food packages from the Pramono-Rano team on Pari Island, Kelapa Island, Lancang Island, and Untung Island Java.

Dari penjelasan kedua tim paslon kepada Bawaslu, mereka mengaku paket tersebut sebenarnya akan dijual dengan kegiatan pasar murah kepada warga setempat.

The initial plan, the cheap market was held on the last day of the campaign period. However, the delivery was delayed due to bad weather and the package only arrived when it entered a calm period.

"That's what they use traditional ships. Well, coincidentally, the weather was a little bad that day, so they were constrained by the delivery. What should have arrived on 23 (November) before the calm period was hampered due to bad weather. So, the position was sent on the night 24 during the quiet period," explained Ulil.

Ulil continued, Bawaslu was still confiscating the basic food packages and would only return them when the Jakarta Pilkada voting was completed.

"After we seal it, we return it to the owner. For example, the owner is there, we return it to the owner. The problem will be shared or not, it's none of our business," he added.