Criticized After Meeting Cak Imin, KPU: Only Ordered Professional And Transparent Work

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JAKARTA - The elected General Elections Commission (KPU) commissioner gave clarification regarding the agenda of the meeting with the leaders of the DPR.

This follows criticism of the KPU-Bawaslu who met with the Deputy Speaker of the DPR, Muhaimin Iskandar or Cak Imin. Some parties considered the meeting inappropriate and suspected of slipping the agenda for postponing the 2024 election.

KPU commissioner Hasyim Asyari explained that the meeting of 7 KPU members and 5 Bawaslu members was at an official invitation from the DPR leadership.

The DPR leaders who were met were DPR Speaker Puan Maharani and DPR Deputy Speakers, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad and Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar. Meanwhile, Lodewijk F. Paulus and Rachmat Gobel could not be found because they were carrying out their agenda outside the office.

Hasyim explained that in the meeting agenda the DPR leadership only ordered that the elected commissioners could work according to the constitution and the Election Law.

"In the hearing, it was also ordered that the KPU and Bawaslu work professionally, independently, accountable and transparently," said Hasyim in Jakarta, Monday, March 14.

In addition, he continued, the leaders of the DPR also said that the KPU and Bawaslu were election organizers that had the character of serving as servants.

This means, said Hasyim, that the KPU and Bawaslu are institutions that have the responsibility to serve voters in exercising their rights and also to serve election participants.

"It is also recommended to build a strategic communication pattern so that the service runs effectively, it is hoped that strategic communication methods are used," explained Hasyim.

Previously, the Deputy Chairman of the DPR for the Coordination of Finance, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, had clarified the meeting between Cak Imin and the KPU-Bawaslu. Dasco said that the election organizer's visit was to the DPR leadership to stay in touch and there was no hidden agenda.

"I need clarification that the members of the KPU and the Bawaslu are not secretive but openly conduct friendships," said Dasco at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday, March 14.

In fact, said Dasco, the KPU-Bawaslu-elected commissioner had already spoken to the chairman of the DPR and himself.

"The gathering was not carried out to Cak Imin alone, to Mbak Puan to other DPR leadership representatives, including myself," he continued.

The daily chairman of Gerindra explained that before visiting Cak Imin's office, they had already gone to his office.

"To my place before I went to Cak Imin. Well, so I don't think it needs to be a polemic. In fact, this can be used as a tradition that even though new ones have not been inaugurated, they just do friendships, introduce themselves and don't come alone," explained Dasco.

Once again, Dasco emphasized the KPU-Bawaslu visit to all DPR leaders.

"Yes, to all DPR leaders," he said.