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Four polling station officers forced to resign for joining campaign event
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All set -- Acting Jakarta governor Soni Sumarsono (center), Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. M. Iriawan (second right), Jakarta Military District Command commander Maj. Gen. Teddy Lhaksmana (second left), Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU) head Sumarno (left) and Jakarta Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) head Mimah Susanti (right) take a picture after a meeting in Jakarta on Tuesday. (Antara/Widodo S. Jusuf)
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our polling station officers have resigned after being found to have supported a candidate pair in Jakarta’s upcoming gubernatorial election.
The move follows letters from the Jakarta Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) sent to the West Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU), in which the former recommended the dismissal of the four Polling Station Working Committee (KPPS) members.
Bawaslu head Mimah Susanti said the four officers were found to have joined a campaign event of Jakarta Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat, who is running for reelection alongside Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama. The event took place in Jatipulo, West Jakarta, on Jan. 31.
“Our supervisors caught their alleged involvement in the campaign event, which they joined wearing campaign attributes. Their bias is clear,” Mimah said on Wednesday.
She added that the officers had resigned from their position after Bawaslu confronted them about their involvement in the campaign. KPU had appointed new officers to replace them, she went on.
Mimah said Bawaslu wanted all Jakarta residents to participate in monitoring the neutrality of all polling station officers. “We hope [the public] can report officers suspected of committing violations to us with sufficient evidence,” she said. (ebf)
