Sigma Accuses KPU of Stating Public Lie

Jakarta (Antara) - An observer from the People's Synergy for Indonesian Democracy (Sigma) alleged that the General Elections Commission (KPU) had publicly lied when announcing the completion of the eligible voters' list (DPT) on Monday. "We have proof that the KPU's decision to officially announce the DPT has no legal ground. The KPU, once again, has made a public lie," Said Salahudin of Sigma said here on Thursday. According to Salahudin, the KPU has not told the truth twice before. It lied in the past when it said that the announcement of the political party verification had already been held under a legal umbrella, namely KPU Regulation (PKPU) No. 14 and No. 15 / 2012. However, the two regulations turned out to be ineffective and had legal binding only after the announcement was made. "It has now repeated the same modus when it officially announced the DPT recapitulation. It made the decision before its PKPU was enacted into law," Salahudin said. He said that the KPK's stipulation on the DPT has legal flaws because it has no clear legal ground. "The regulation which is still in force on the elections schedule is PKPU No. 19/ 2013. It is mentioned in the PKPU No. 19 that the DPT should be announced on October 23, 2013, not on November 4, 2013, as it has done. If the KPU wants to change the announcement schedule from October 23, 2013, to another date, it should first amend PKPU 19 / 2013," he said. Salahudin noted that the announcement of the DPT should refer to the schedule as stipulated in the regulation. "If the KPU said it already had a new PKPU, when was it put into a law and why was it never publicized?" he asked. (*)