Jakarta – General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Chairperson Rahmat Bagja anticipates the 15 th anniversary of Bawaslu to work as a momentum to boost supervision, avoidance, and penalty on election fraud.
” We need to take preventive measures (versus election fraud), (however) when prevention is not effective, we need to enhance treatments, criminal responsibility, principles of (election) organizer, and (avoidance of) legal infractions,” he stated, as broadcast on Bawaslu’s YouTube channel.
Bagja made the remarks at the ceremony of the 15 th anniversary of Bawaslu themed “Synergies to Manage, Secure Democracy” at the firm’s headquarters on Sunday.
” We hope improvements on these aspects can be carried out during this 15 th anniversary (of Bawaslu),” he mentioned.
He likewise expressed optimism that Bawaslu would have the ability to gain from the execution of earlier election guidance to continuously improve its efficiency.
” This 15 th anniversary is the momentum to reflect on the capability of the election supervisory body to respond to the obstacles on (election) guidance in the future,” he stated.
Law Number 7 of 2017 on General Elections mandated provincial-, district-, and city-level Bawaslu as long-term institutions, Bagja remarked.
He also kept in mind that the law had actually become a strong structure for the roles of Bawaslu.
Additionally, Bagja anticipates that the guidance carried out by the company can be synergized with other election organizers, specifically the General Elections Commission (KPU), to keep the application of democracy.
For this reason, Bagja stated that his side will take part in conversations covering numerous matters with the KPU in future, consisting of the results of guidance performed by Bawaslu.
General elections are arranged to take place on February 14, 2024.
Earlier, Bawaslu had actually prompted everyone, especially political celebrations contesting the 2024 elections, to avoid conducting campaign activities or programs throughout the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, which started on March 23 this year.
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