INFOKU, BLORA – Currentlycampaignperiod Regional Head Election (Pilkada) is heating up again.
The reason is, the legal team for candidate pair number 1 Arief Rohman - Sri Setyorini ( Asri ) reported a resident for allegedly uttering hate speech through a song .
The song was sung by a man from Dringu, Todanan named Hasyim Mohtar.
The Blora Bawaslu team also began to investigate the report. Based on journalists' monitoring, the video of Hasyim singing was circulating in the Blora community's WhatsApp group and was forwarded many times.
And, in the video which is more than five minutes long, it is sung together by the residents who were invited by the reported party.
"It is very clear in the video that Arief Rohman is mentioned with bad lyrics , inciting and slandering," explained the attorney for the Asri candidate pair, Zaenudin.
Zaenudin explained that the video was recorded on October 13, at around 11.00 WIB in Kajengan Village, Todanan District.
"There, the reported person invited several residents to gather and sing a song with lyrics that brought down, insulted and harassed the Asri Candidate Pair," he said.
"There, he claimed to be the Abdi Candidate Pair's Winning Team (Abu Nafi-Andika Adikrishna) in front of a crowd of around 25 people, with the intention of campaigning or being influenced to vote for the Abdi pair by giving a speech in the form of a song using Javanese," he explained.
Zaenudin also said that his party had reported to the local Bawaslu last Monday (21/10), along with the evidence that he submitted to Bawaslu.
"We have also brought several pieces of visual video and voice recordings of the reported person as evidence. We also brought several witnesses," he said.
The Coordinator of the Division ( Kordiv ) for Handling Violations and Datin, Irfan Syaiful Masykur, said that he admitted that his party is currently handling criminal violations of black campaign elections.
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"Yes, it's true, we're handling it. Alleged insult . We will follow up according to the Bawaslu 9/2024 procedure," he explained. (Endah/ IST )
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