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TV stations must remain neutral during election: Bawaslu
Elections Monitoring Agency (Bawaslu) commissioner Nasrullah has asked broadcasters to maintain neutrality when running stories regarding the two presidential pairs, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Jusuf Kalla and Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa
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lections Monitoring Agency (Bawaslu) commissioner Nasrullah has asked broadcastersto maintain neutrality when running stories regarding the two presidentialpairs, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo-Jusuf Kalla and Prabowo Subianto-HattaRajasa.
Among the indications of fairness was providing exactly the same slots for the
candidates on their daily news programs, tempo.co reported on Friday.
"We also urge them to educate viewers and avoid airing smear
campaigns," he said.
The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) member Fajar Arifianto Isnugroho
said that they would join forces with the Press Council (Dewan Pers) to impose administrative
sanctions on any television station that did not give balanced accounts of both
political pairs.
Media outlets like TV One, AnTV and Metro TV have faced criticism for their
unbalanced coverage due to the involvement of media moguls in politics. Surya
Paloh, who owns Metro TV has pledged allegiance to the Jokowi-Kalla camp while
Aburizal Bakrie who owns TV One and AnTV supports Prabowo. (fss/dic)
