MOROWALI,- THE ELECTION Of the simultaneous Village Head (Pilkades) held on 26th August 2017 has been heavily criticized, especially in Kolono Village, East Bungku District, Morowali District. Observer Peace of the election, Niswanto Rachman, Monday (28/08/2017) said that starting from the indication of the existence of the underage selection, then some certificates of civil registration that entered but no longer valid.
“The validity of the certificate is only until July while the election is held in August, it is also caused by the erratic committee’s errors and the lack of socialization of the village head election stage causing the number of ballots to be invalid or canceled” he said.
He added that another indication of the fraud committed by one of the candidates is to mobilize the masses by reason of moving the population which is not proven by the certificate of domicile from the previous village and also not reporting to the intended village.
However strangely Niswanto said, there is a letter from the relevant department, and that’s what provoked the situation. “What I fear is that there is a horizontal conflict between fellow supporters, this should be immediately addressed by authorized officials, and I suggest to candidates who are not satisfied with the process of the election to immediately cast a lawsuit so that this can be explained in detail to the public about whether the indication is true. “he explained.
Added, it is true that the essence of politics is power, but it is unfortunate when the process toward power eliminates the values of democracy that are the primary goal of direct, public, free and secret voters.
As is known, village head election in Kolono Village had damaged ballots reach up to 50% which is not yet known what the cause must happen it. On that basis then the relevant parties urged to immediately conduct a search on the cause of the occurrence of it. **
Reporter / Bureau Morowali: Bambang Sumantri
