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Campaign disturber walks away with probation
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Maintaining innocence -- Naman Sanip (center), 52, a resident of Kembangan, West Jakarta, attends his trial for campaign disturbance at the West Jakarta District Court on Wednesday. (JP/Agnes Anya)
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he West Jakarta District Court sentenced Naman Sanip, a 52-year-old resident from Kembangan, West Jakarta, on Wednesday to two months in jail and four months of probation for his involvement in disrupting Jakarta deputy governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat's campaign.
“[...] Considering that the defendant deliberately disrupted the campaign so that the plaintiff [Djarot] failed to deliver his vision and mission, the court sentenced the defendant to two months in jail," said presiding judge Masrizal in a hearing on Wednesday. The court also ordered the porridge vendor to pay Rp 5,000 (40 US cents) in fines.
Naman was charged with violating Article 187 of the 2016 Regional Elections Law on disturbing campaign activity.
Following the sentence, Naman said he would take three days to consider responses he would make against the verdict as he insisted he was innocent.
"I was protesting Jakarta governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama. I did not mean to disrupt Djarot's campaign," Naman said.
As previously reported, the campaign disturbance incident took place during Djarot's campaign visit in Kembangan, West Jakarta, on Nov. 9.
The Ahok-Djarot pair has faced numerous disturbances on their campaign trail in several places across Jakarta after the governor was named a suspect in a blasphemy case on Nov. 16. (ebf)
