Jakarta (ANTARA) - The National Mandate Party (PAN) supports the\nCorruption Eradication Commission\u2019s (KPK) view that regulations are\nneeded to limit the use of cash or kartal during the stages of general\nelections or pemilu.<\/p>\n
According to PAN, if this idea is incorporated into the articles of\nthe Election Law, it would purify the people\u2019s votes, encourage\ntransparency, and modernise campaigns.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe people will choose based on the values, strategies, and\ncapacities of candidates, not just the contents of the bag,\u201d said PAN\nDeputy Chairman Viva Yoga Mauladi in his statement in Jakarta on\nSunday.<\/p>\n
\u201cThus, political justice, competitive equality, and elections with\nintegrity will be created,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to Yoga, this idea is necessary not only from the aspect of\nmoney politics practices (vote buying) but also concerns the social and\ncultural system of society, political legal design, and the colour of\nthe power structure.<\/p>\n
Detailed formulations and rationales are needed, and an\noperational-applicative approach must be taken through revisions to the\nElection Law and the Regional Head Elections Law because Indonesia\u2019s\npolitical system is still based on high-cost mobilisation, and cash is\nthe fastest, most flexible, and hardest-to-trace tool.<\/p>\n
He revealed that several countries have implemented cash limitation\npolicies in elections, such as India, Brazil, South Korea, and\nothers.<\/p>\n
PAN assesses that cash limitations should not be interpreted as\nobstacles or restrictions on political operations\u2019 flexibility. Instead,\nall this is directed so that the value of people\u2019s sovereignty as the\nnoble value of democracy is not manipulated into an economic commodity\nfor buying and selling votes.<\/p>\n
However, he said, it can be understood that cash limitations do not\nautomatically eliminate money politics, as money politics can adapt and\ncamouflage to shift to digital transfers through third parties or other\nmodi operandi.<\/p>\n
He stated that this policy can be effectively used for formal\ncampaign transactions, such as advertisements, logistics, and\nconsultants, in urban areas with high banking access.<\/p>\n
From the legal policy perspective, he continued, it is not yet\nregulated in the Election Law or the Regional Head Elections Law. The\nexisting rules are still limited to regulations on maximum individual\nand private company donations as well as campaign fund reports.<\/p>\n
He said there needs to be an addition of articles on cash transaction\nlimits, mandatory non-cash obligations through banks, e-wallets, QRIS,\nand creating an integrated oversight mechanism with other state\ninstitutions, for example with PPATK and so on.<\/p>\n
\u201cCash limitations can become a control tool as part of political cost\nreform, provided that the law is enforced fairly and there is a change\nin habits from party elites and voters to eliminate transactional voting\npatterns in elections,\u201d said Yoga.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/pan-supports-kpks-idea-to-limit-cash-usage-in-elections-1777200680", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }