Prepare Expert Witnesses For The 2024 General Election Crimes, West Sulawesi Bawaslu Gandeng Unhas

SULBAR - The Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) of West Sulawesi Province (Sulbar) cooperated with the Faculty of Law, Hasanuddin University (Unhas) in Makassar, South Sulawesi Province in handling the 2024 General Election.

"We are coordinating with the Unhas Faculty of Law in handling the 2024 General Election in West Sulawesi," said Head of West Sulawesi Bawaslu, Fitrinela Patonangi in Mamuju, Sunday, December 11, confiscated by Antara.

He said Bawaslu coordinated with Unhas together with all integrated law enforcement centers (Gakkumdu) in six regencies in West Sulawesi.

According to him, Bawaslu Sulbar collaborated with Unhas to prepare expert witnesses and expert witness criteria to assist Bawaslu Sulbar in handling criminal election violations.

He conveyed that the Unhas Faculty of Law had taken a role that had been mandated by the constitution to maintain democracy through the election process and Bawaslu Sulbar gave appreciation in maintaining the democratic process in the election.

He hopes that in coordinating with the Unhas Faculty, the Gakkumdu center in West Sulawesi will receive enlightenment, knowledge and information related to the mechanisms and requirements of expert witnesses in dealing with election crimes.

The Dean of the Faculty of Law at Hasanuddin University, Prof. Hamzah Halim, requested that the Gakkumdu center in West Sulawesi also continue to improve the quality and ability so that Bawaslu is always at the forefront of overseeing the process of handling election crimes.

"We will always cooperate with the West Sulawesi Bawaslu in guarding democracy in the 2024 General Election," he said.