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Bawaslu may cooperate with PPATK, KPK to tackle 'money politics'
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All ready: Workers renovate the the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) building on Jl. Thamrin, Central Jakarta, recently. (Tempo/-)
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he Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has said it may cooperate with other government agencies, which have the authority to conduct investigations on suspicious transactions, in an effort to tackle "money politics" in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election.
Bawaslu commissioner Nasrullah said the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK) and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) were among the institutions the Bawaslu was still considering to partner with to prevent "money politics" or transactional politics by candidates.
"The Bawaslu has no authority to look into someone's bank account to investigate an allegedly suspicious transaction, thus we might ask assistance from the PPATK and KPK," he said recently.
Nasrullah warned transactional politics still posed a serious threat, including in the upcoming gubernatorial election. It was a continuing problem and posed difficulties for Bawaslu officials to detect such practices.
He further said the Bawaslu would closely cooperate with the National Police and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) under the agency’s law enforcement center Sentra Gakkum, which was established to create synergy between election supervisors, police investigators and prosecutors in ensuring fair and clean democratic elections. (ebf)
