Safe Running, PKB Relieves Simultaneous Pilkada In The Prabowo Era Not Colored By SARA Issues

Chairman of the PKB faction of the DPR RI Jazilul Fawaid. BETWEEN/Rio Feisal.

JAKARTA - Chairman of the PKB faction of the DPR RI, Jazilul Fawaid, is grateful that the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Election (Pilkada) runs smoothly and safely. He is relieved, the regional elections held at the beginning of the Prabowo Subianto administration were not colored by ethnic, religious, racial, and inter-group (SARA) issues.

"Alhamdulillah, for this democratic party, we don't see the color of SARA's political dichotomy. SARA issues are not visible under Pak Prabowo's leadership. Everyone is united," said Jazilul, Thursday, November 28.

As is known, the General Election Commission Regulation (PKPU) Number 13 of 2024 concerning the Election Campaign for Governors and Deputy Governors, Regents and Deputy Regents, as well as Mayors and Deputy Mayors clearly regulate the prohibition on the spread of SARA issues. There are about 20 prohibitions regulated in Article 57 to Article 66 PKPU 13/2024.

Among other things, the public is prohibited from questioning the basis of the Pancasila state and the Preamble of the 1945 Constitution. The public is also prohibited from insulting someone, religion, ethnicity, race, groups, governor candidates, deputy governor candidates, regent candidates, deputy regent candidates, mayor candidates, deputy mayor candidates, and/or political parties.

PKPU also prohibits conducting campaigns in the form of inciting, slandering, pitting political parties, individuals, and/or community groups. The public is also prohibited from using violence, threats of violence, or promoting the use of violence against individuals, community groups, and/or political parties, as well as other prohibitions.

"The ban is very clear. Thank God the people obeyed it. There is no issue of SARA in this election," said the Deputy Chairperson of the PKB DPP.

According to Jazilul, the community is getting older in responding to political differences in the regional elections. SARA issues, he said, are no longer selling well in the community.

"People are bored with this issue, because it will divide unity. People will certainly learn from the 2017 Pilkada and the 2019 Election which is full of games with SARA issues, so that people are divided, thank God it will not happen again in the Pilkada this time," he said.