Suara.com – The General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) reminded election participants not to carry out campaign activities during the quiet period.
Bawaslu member Lolly Suhenty said that campaign activities in any form should not be carried out during the quiet period which applies from 11 to 13 February 2024.
He emphasized that election participants who were found to be campaigning during the quiet period could receive criminal sanctions.
“So basically the calm period is a period where no campaign activity is allowed. Once it is violated, he will face sanctions. What are the sanctions? The sanctions are of course criminal because the campaign is outside the schedule,” said Lolly at the Bawaslu Office, Central Newsdelivers.com, Monday (12/2/ 2024).
Please note, Article 278 paragraph 2 of Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning Elections explains that during the quiet period, election participants and campaign teams are prohibited from promising rewards to voters for not exercising their right to vote; selecting candidate pairs; choose political parties participating in elections; elect candidates for members of the DPR RI, Provincial DPRD and Regency/City DPRD; as well as electing candidates for DPD RI members.
Then in the same law, Article 523 paragraph 2 regulates that parties who violate will be subject to criminal sanctions in the form of imprisonment for a maximum of four years or a fine of a maximum of IDR 48 million.
Then, article 287 paragraph 5 of Law 7/2017 also explains that printed mass media, online media, social media, and broadcasting institutions are prohibited during the quiet period from broadcasting news, advertisements, track records of election participants, or other forms that lead to the interests of the election campaign. beneficial or detrimental to election participants.
Another prohibition during the campaign period is announcing the results of surveys or opinion polls related to the election. This is regulated in Article 449 paragraph (2) of the Election Law.