Bawaslu: Unclear Campaign Fund Report Subjects to Criminal Code

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A member of the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu), Mochammad Afifuddin, stressed the election participants either presidential-vice presidential hopefuls, political parties, and members of legislative must submit full transparent reports on campaign fund donation. Otherwise, they may be charged with criminal code.

“Election participants who do not deliver report transparently may be charged with criminal code,” said Afif in the Bawaslu office, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 2.

Afif underlined the report must be written in clear and without manipulation. “The remaining figure must be reported too. Otherwise, they may face four-year sentence and fine amounted thrice of the total donation,” he added.

According to Afif, participants who received donations from banned sources such as foreign governments, foreign citizens, and others may face three years imprisonment and a fine up to Rp36 million.

The threats on criminal code are also valid for donors. If they are proven of deliberately sending a false report, donors will face two years in jail and a fine of Rp20 million.

The 2019 election participants are obliged to submit reports on campaign fund and campaign fund donations to the General Election Commission (KPU). The reports submission are divided into three stages.

First is the initial report of campaign funds (LADK) which was closed on September 23. Secondly, the Revenue Report of Campaign Funds Donation (LPSDK) which was ended on January 2. And last, the Revenue and Expenditure Report of Campaign Funds (LPPDK) which will be sent to public accountant chosen by the KPU and that must be submitted eight days after the election on April 25, 2019.

SYAFIUL HADI