Affirming Apdesi Event At GBK Does Not Violate Rules, PAN: There Is No Appeal For Coblos Prabowo-Gibran

JAKARTA - The National Mandate Party (PAN) said that the presence of vice presidential candidate Gibran Rakabuming Raka at the United Village event at the Bung Karno Gelora Arena (GBK) did not violate the rules.

PAN also assessed that the activity was also not included in the campaign category because there was no invitation to vote for candidate pair number two, Prabowo-Gibran.

"The United Village event which was attended by Vice President Mas Gibran was not included in the campaign category and did not violate Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections. At the event there was no verbal invitation to vote or vote for Prabowo-Gibran," said Deputy PAN, Viva Yoga to reporters, Tuesday, November 21.

Viva Yoga emphasized that his party knew and obeyed the Election Law, especially article 280 paragraph 2, namely: implementing and/or campaign teams in election campaign activities are prohibited from including: (h) village heads, (i) village officials, (j) members of village deliberative bodies.

"And we also obey the Village Law Number 6 of 2014, namely village heads are prohibited from being administrators of political parties and in letters (j) it is forbidden to participate and/or be involved in general election campaigns and/or regional head elections," he continued.

In addition, said Viva, the United Village event was also packaged in a family gathering. He claimed that the majority of village heads welcomed the Prabowo-Gibran program.

"Most of the village heads and village officials are very happy with Prabowo Gibran's program which provides village funds of IDR 5 billion per year, improves village infrastructure, makes villages a national food camp, and other programs," he claimed.

Viva emphasized that the Bawaslu did not question the village apparatus event under the All-Indonesian Village Government Association (APDESI), which was attended by Gibran. He then asked the parties who had a problem to think more creatively to criticize candidate pair number two.

"There has been an official statement from the chairman of the Indonesian Bawaslu, Bagja, that the event is not included in the campaign category and does not violate the law," said Viva.

"Try to think and work even more creatively. Make interesting and other useful shows. Don't bully or question other people's events. That's called an incapacity lyrics. Sirik is a jealous, jealous, or unhappy with other people's work," he joked.

Previously, Bawaslu Chairman Rahmat Bagja said support from village officials under the All-Indonesian Village Government Association (APDESI) to Prabowo-Gibran contained potential violations.

However, said Bagja, the village apparatus event attended by Gibran at the Indonesia Arena Stadium, GBK on Sunday, November 19, must be studied first.

Because, although the village apparatus did not declare support for candidate pair number two directly, Rahmat assessed that there should be no effort to move them in the 2024 General Election.

"There is potential (violence), first, you cannot use village officials and village heads as a campaign team. You cannot involve a campaign team for village officials and village heads," said Rahmat in response to reporters' questions at the DPR Building, Senayan, Monday, November 20.

Rahmat reminded that in the Election Law it is clearly regulated to be prohibited from using village officials in the 2024 General Election. Moreover, during the 2024 campaign.

"It's clear in the law. Remember, the ban on campaigns is Article 280. Campaign, yes. Now is it a campaign or not? Not yet, right. So you have to be careful," he said.