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Agus-Sylviana commit most campaign violations: Bawaslu

Ahmad Junaidi (The Jakarta Post)
News Desk
Fri, November 11, 2016 Published on Nov. 11, 2016 Published on 2016-11-11T16:54:57+07:00

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Jakarta gubernatorial election candidates Anies Baswedan (left to right), Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, Sandiaga Uno, Sylviana Murni, Djarot Saiful Hidayat and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono pose together for a picture, which was uploaded onto Anies' Path account on Sept. 24. Jakarta gubernatorial election candidates Anies Baswedan (left to right), Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama, Sandiaga Uno, Sylviana Murni, Djarot Saiful Hidayat and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono pose together for a picture, which was uploaded onto Anies' Path account on Sept. 24. (tempo.co/Anies Baswedan's Path)

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he Jakarta Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has announced that gubernatorial candidate Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and his running mate Sylviana Murni have made the most violations so far during the campaign from Oct. 28 to Nov. 10.

“The Agus-Sylviana pair conducted the most, with 15 violations,” agency chairwoman Mimah Susanti said on Thursday as reported by kompas.com.

Mimah said the violations were the presence of unregistered volunteers, unpermitted campaigning, the involvement of children and the installment of campaign materials that did not follow regulations.

(Read also: Agus promises to defend pluralism in Jakarta)

Meanwhile, she said candidate pair Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat, as well as candidate pair Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno, had conducted six campaign violations each.

Among the violations, she said her agency found 32 banners with negative campaign messages located in Central Jakarta (18), East Jakarta (7), West Jakarta (3), South Jakarta (2) and North Jakarta (2). (jun)

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