Former Corruption Prisoners For The Post-Lombok School Rehab Project List Of Candidates For DPD

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MATARAM - Former convict of the corruption case of the Lombok post-earthquake school rehabilitation fund project fee, Muhir officially registered as a candidate for DPD to the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) KPU.

Muhir admitted that he had his own perspective on why he would still register as a candidate even though he was a former convict in a corruption case.

"The final result of our Supreme Court is a 2-year sentence. Article 11 of the PKPU decision only regulates convicts over 5 years or more. What is below is not regulated," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, May 12.

Although as a former convict, Muhir hopes to be given a study by the KPU, both regarding penalties and threats. Because according to him, what is not allowed is more than five years.

The Constitutional Court (MK) has decided that the former convict can run as a candidate for DPD member after a 5-year gap after serving his criminal term.

Following up on the Constitutional Court's decision, the Indonesian KPU then issued KPU Regulation (PKPU) Number 11 of 2023 regarding the pause period of the former convict.

The former convict in the corruption case fee for the Lombok post-earthquake school rehabilitation fund project in 2019. The case rolled through the Supreme Court with Decision Number 2745 K/Pid.Sus/2019, Muhir was sentenced to 2 years in prison and a fine of IDR 50 million.

The chairman of the NTB KPU, Suhardi Soud, said that in this registration process his party received all registrants who had previously been declared eligible for minimal support and distribution of voters, so that they could not provide an assessment of the case.

"In this registration process, we accept nominations, have not given an assessment of the substance of the candidate requirements. Later we will also examine the laws and regulations," he explained.

Meanwhile, the Coordinator of the NTB Bawaslu Violation, Data and Information Division, Suhardi, paid attention to the former convict who registered for a DPD candidate.

Regarding the provisions of the former convict, Suhardi, after the PKPU was issued and the Constitutional Court's decision was calculated five years after he left and had no legal and technical relations with the prison.

"In our opinion, in Bawaslu, now he must be accepted if the documents are complete. Later we will check in the verification process. Whether he meets the requirements or not, even if the KPU decides not to meet the requirements (TMS), the candidate will have the right to file a dispute with Bawaslu," he said.

However, he continued, Bawaslu was ready to accept if there were reports of disputes in the election process.

"We continue to pay attention, of the 24 balloons that escaped yesterday, two people were identified as former corruption convicts. So we are closely monitoring the requirements, because in the future this can be a good lesson for the community," he said.