INFOKU, BLORA — One of the members of the Voting Committee ( PPS ) Secretariat of Japah Village named Susilo Handoko, who also serves as Head of the Hamlet (Kaus) was sentenced to dismissal.
This is because Susilo was proven to be involved in distributing t-shirts for legislative candidates ( caleg ).
Chairman of the Blora General Election Commission (KPU) Widi Nurintan Ary Kurnianto said that Susilo's fate as a member of the PPS secretariat in his village had ended.
The chronology occurred on December 20, 2023. "He gave out legislative candidate T-shirts. He said he didn't know, he was just helping. It turned out that after opening it, it contained legislative candidate T-shirts," he explained yesterday.
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He also explained that the village government had dismissed Susilo last Tuesday (2/1).
Supported by the Blora Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) report letter and the recommendation of the local village head (kades).
“So, there was already (Susilo's) resignation before. However, Bawaslu finally reported it. We received the report letter and decree from the village head last Tuesday. "That day he was also dismissed," he said.
Meanwhile, Head of Bawaslu Blora Andhyka Fuad Ibrahim said that his party had written to the local KPU in accordance with his party's findings regarding this issue. "On December 28, we discovered there was a violation of the code of ethics," he said.
Separately, Head of Japah Susilo Handoko admitted that he had apologized through a stamped statement letter.
His statement, He promised not to repeat it again. He also admitted that he did not know that the T-shirts being distributed were legislative candidate T-shirts.
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“I admit, I shared it. But, to be honest, I didn't know that there were t-shirts being given away. "So, before the event started, a friend gave me one to distribute to mothers who were already busy asking for the t-shirt," he explained. ( Endah / IST )