Dream - The Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) has ruled Minister of Trade (Mendag) and also Chairman of PAN, Zulkifli Hasan, guilty for campaigning without taking leave as a public official. "Declaring the Defendant proven to have committed a legitimate and convincing administrative violation," said Chairman of the Panel of Examiners of Bawaslu RI, Puadi, when reading the verdict on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

For this violation, the man known as Zulhas was only given a reprimand sanction "to not commit the same act in the future." Furthermore, Member of the Examination Council of the Election Supervisory Agency of Indonesia, Totok Hariyono, stated that Zulhas violated Article 281 paragraph (1) of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections (Election Law).

In addition, he is also charged under Article 302 paragraph (2) of the Election Law and Article 36 paragraph (1) of Government Regulation Number 53 of 2023, which regulates that leave is only given one day a week. Then, outside working days, public officials are only allowed to campaign on public holidays or weekends, including weekends.

"In the meantime, in considering the decision of Bawaslu, Zulhas has conducted election campaigns three times on weekdays within a week at different locations. The first campaign was held at Lapangan Dekai Sejahtera, Yahukimo, Papua Pegunungan on January 23, 2024. The second one was at GOR Anugrah, Makassar, South Sulawesi, on January 24, 2024."

Then the third one was held at Kedung Jaya Football Field, Cirebon Regency, West Java, on January 26, 2024. Not only that, Zulhas has also abused the leave permit given through a letter from the Minister of State Secretary, Pratikno, on January 10, 2024.