Hanura backs Syukur police report

The People's Conscience Party (Hanura) will do everything it can to support its member from West Halmahera, Muhammad Abdul Syukur, who reported allegations of general elections fraud to the National Police, a member of the party says.

“As both a party colleague and member of the working committee on general elections crime, I fully support his move to report the allegations to the police. I will do everything I can to support him,” Hanura member Akbar Faisal said Wednesday as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Akbar added that if later it was found that Syukur was in the right then by all mean he should be installed as a legislator despite the short tenure.

“This is not a matter of title but one of justice, so he should be installed as an MP if his allegations are found to be true,” he said.

Syukur filed a report to the National Police over what he said was vote forgery, which had caused him to lose during the 2009 general elections for the House of Representatives. Syukur also said he suspected that members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) had played significant roles in the alleged fraud.

National Police chief detective Comr. Gen. Sutarman said the police were still investigating the allegations.