Viral Video Sharing Amplop With Banteng Head Logo, PDIP Legislator For Madura Electoral District: Money Is Zakat Mall

JAKARTA - Member of the House of Representatives from the PDI-P (PDIP) faction Said Abdullah responded to a viral video of distributing envelopes bearing the white bull head logo typical of PDIP at a mosque on social media (medsos).

In the envelope, a photo of the Acting Chairman of the East Java PDIP (East Java) Regional Leadership Council (DPD) Said Abdullah was also displayed. According to Said, the Twitter social media account @PartaiSocmed, which first uploaded the documentation, made the framing corner him as if he had made money politics or money politics.

Said explained that the activity took place during the recess period. At that time, Said admitted that together with PDIP branch administrators throughout Madura, they distributed basic necessities worth Rp. 175 thousand to the poor throughout Madura, and partly in the form of cash.

"The assistance of 175 thousand food packages is clearly still lacking when compared to the number of poor households throughout Madura. On this occasion I also need to explain to the mass media, such as being framed by an anonymous account on social media, we distribute money to Madurese," Said said in a statement received Monday, March 27.

The chairman of the DPR's Budget Agency (Banggar) explained that he and PDIP administrators throughout Madura routinely carry out these activities. Meanwhile, the distribution of money, said Said, is intended as a mall zakat.

"I and the administrators of the PDI-P branches throughout Madura routinely distribute basic necessities and money to the poor. I intend to pay zakat to malls, and I do this regularly every year since 2006," said Said. "Even if there is excess sustenance, we want it to be felt like we are giving more people to the poor," he continued.

Previously, a video circulated of the distribution of envelopes bearing the bull head logo with a typical white banteng PDIP in a mosque. The video was first uploaded by the Twitter account @PartaiSocmed on Sunday, March 26, 2023.

In the video, a man in a brown batik shirt is distributing envelopes to the congregation present. Context. Cc @bawaslu_RI," reads the description of the video upload.

Meanwhile, in another upload, there are envelope photos containing two notes of Rp. 100,000 and two Rp. 50,000 notes. There are pictures of Said Abdullah and the Chairman of the PDIP DPC Sumenep Ahmad Fauzi on the envelope.

Responding to this information, Bawaslu stated that he would investigate the alleged political practice of the money.

"Thank you very much Friends of the information. Bawaslu ranks in the regions will further explore this information. Thank you for watching together," tweeted the Bawaslu Twitter account in response to the upload.