House to Hold Joint Meeting on Elections with Police, KPK
11 January 2018 18:10 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The House of Representatives (DPR) will hold a joint meeting with a number of state institutions regarding the 2018 Head of Regional Elections. Among those institutions are the National Police (POLRI), the Attorney General`s Office, and the KPK.
Commission II chairman Zainudin Amali said that House Speaker Fadli Zon is scheduled to chair the meeting. "We will discuss some issues regarding the elections," Zainudin said in Jakarta, Thursday, January 11.
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According to Zainuddin, Chief of Police Gen. Tito Karnavian will attend the meeting along with Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo and Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo.
Some important issues to be discussed in DPR meeting, he said, include money politics, SARA (ethnic, religious, racial and inter-group relations) issues, and the involvement of law enforcers in the elections.
According to Zainudin, there are possibilities that law enforcement officers running in the elections will be used as pawns to beat the opponents of other candidates.
Other institutions that will also attend the meeting are the Election Commission (KPU) and the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu).
Adam Prireza
