Bawaslu Examines Allegations of Violation as Kaesang Uploads Campaign Photos during Silent Period

Bawaslu Examines Allegations of Violations, Kaesang Uploads Campaign Photo during Quiet Period.

Bawaslu Examines Allegations of Violation as Kaesang Uploads Campaign Photos during Silent Period

Dream - The Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) of Indonesia is reviewing allegations of violations during the election quiet period committed by the Chairman of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), Kaesang Pangarep. This is related to Kaesang's post on his Instagram account.

"Currently, Bawaslu is conducting an in-depth study regarding the alleged violation of Article 287 Paragraph 5 (Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections) concerning the alleged violation of Article 492. Well, we are currently investigating this,""

Member of the Indonesian Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu RI) Lolly Suhenty said, quoted from Merdeka.com, Tuesday, February 13, 2024.

Lolly conveyed, the study was conducted after receiving reports from journalists and non-journalists regarding the personal Instagram account of Kaesang, @Kaesangp, who uploaded his campaign activities.

"We have Article 287 Paragraph 5, where during this calm period, no more news, advertisements, track records, or other forms that benefit or harm certain candidate pairs are allowed. So, in this context, we immediately delve into the virality of that information."
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According to Lolly, Bawaslu (Election Supervisory Agency) has taken swift action by requesting the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (Kemenkominfo) to take down the upload by Kaesang.

"We conducted a study, and we asked Kominfo to take down, yes. We conducted a study. In our cyber patrols, well, these cyber patrols are done in collaboration with Kominfo, including with social media platforms, so that it won't spread everywhere first."

word Lolly explained.

He explained that the content reduction steps from Kaesang were taken as a preventive measure by his side. "Hopefully this can make the situation more conducive. Well, this take down effort is done as a preventive measure by Bawaslu because in conducting our study, we are cautious because it concerns justice for others," he said.

Although so, Lolly said that if there is a violation, criminal sanctions can be imposed. Therefore, she emphasized that Bawaslu will conduct a thorough study to ensure the existence of violated Election Law articles.

"If it turns out that there are potentials violated regarding Article 492, campaigns conducted outside the schedule, then the punishment will later become criminal."
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"If the beneficial or detrimental elements are fulfilled, then we will certainly follow up. The main point is that we have to first determine which article has been violated in our study. Well, this is currently being processed because just earlier, I just received the information as well."
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Bawaslu Examines Allegations of Violations, Kaesang Uploads Campaign Photo during Quiet Period.

"Currently, Bawaslu is conducting an in-depth study regarding the alleged violation of Article 287 Paragraph 5 (Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections) concerning the alleged violation of Article 492. Well, we are currently investigating this,""

"We have Article 287 Paragraph 5, where during this calm period, no more news, advertisements, track records, or other forms that benefit or harm certain candidate pairs are allowed. So, in this context, we immediately delve into the virality of that information."say it.

"We conducted a study, and we asked Kominfo to take down, yes. We conducted a study. In our cyber patrols, well, these cyber patrols are done in collaboration with Kominfo, including with social media platforms, so that it won't spread everywhere first."

"If it turns out that there are potentials violated regarding Article 492, campaigns conducted outside the schedule, then the punishment will later become criminal."He said.

"We have Article 287 Paragraph 5, where during this calm period, no more news, advertisements, track records, or other forms that benefit or harm certain candidate pairs are allowed. So, in this context, we immediately delve into the virality of that information."
say it.

"If it turns out that there are potentials violated regarding Article 492, campaigns conducted outside the schedule, then the punishment will later become criminal."
He said.