Polling station (TPS) number 28 in Makassar District, Pinang Ranti Village, East Jakarta, experienced an incident of invalid voting for candidate pair number 3 in the Jakarta regional election on Wednesday, November 27, 2024.
Based on the investigation by the East Jakarta General Election Commission (KPU), this was carried out by the polling station order supervisor under the direction of the Head of the Polling Station Organizing Group (KPPS) at that polling station.
Rio Verieza, as the Head of the Legal and Supervision Division of the East Jakarta KPU, confirmed the incident. Regarding the perpetrator, he confirmed that termination has already been carried out.
“Yes, we have dismissed them yesterday, Thursday, November 28, 2024,” said Rio to the media in Jakarta, Friday (29/11/2024).
Rio explained that based on the statements taken from 7 KPPS members and 2 order supervisors at the polling station (TPS), the result indicated that only 2 individuals were believed to be the masterminds. The first was the KPPS Chairperson with the initials RH and the order supervisor with the initials KN.
“Therefore, on November 28, we immediately dismissed both of them permanently,” emphasized Rio.
Spontaneous Voting
Rio revealed that the investigation results through interrogation of both individuals included a confession from RH that he did it spontaneously without any direction from others.
“He did it spontaneously during the hours when it was quite quiet. So around 12 to 1 PM.” Well, at that time people were eating and praying there,” revealed Rio.
“RH then spontaneously told KN, ‘Let’s vote!’ And in the end, KN caught the signal,” he added.
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