Election Supervisory Agency Receives 15,000 Reports of Alleged Election Violations

The Indonesian General Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) received 15,052 reports and findings of violations related to the 2019 simultaneous elections by May 28, 2019. Of these, 522 violations were categorized as criminal offenses, 162 as code of ethics violations, 12,138 as administrative violations, and 1,096 as other legal violations. Additionally, 148 violations were processed, and 980 reports were deemed non-violations.

The highest number of findings were in East Java, with 10,066 findings, followed by South Sulawesi with 806 findings. The next three highest numbers of findings were in West Java (582 findings), Central Sulawesi (475 findings), and Central Java (475 findings).

Meanwhile, Bawaslu received 1,581 reports of alleged violations. The province submitting the most reports was South Sulawesi with 215 reports. This was followed by Papua with 145 reports, West Java with 141 reports, Central Java with 127 reports, and Aceh with 95 reports.

Bawaslu Commissioner Fritz Edward Siregar stated that the highest number of alleged criminal violations involved non-neutral Civil Servants (ASN) and members of the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) and National Police (Polri). Other findings included the involvement of village heads in benefiting election candidates and the use of government facilities for campaigning.