KPK Calls for Rules Limiting Cash Use to Prevent Vote Buying in Elections
Jakarta, VIVA – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) states that regulations are needed regarding the limitation of cash or kartal usage during the general election or pemilu stages.
KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo explained that such rules are necessary because the use of cash during election stages has so far remained dominant.
“This condition is seen to increase the opportunities for vote buying (purchasing votes) or money politics, which has long been a classic problem in electoral democracy,” Budi told journalists in Jakarta on Saturday.
Budi said that the KPK views this after conducting a corruption prevention study involving four groups of resource persons.
“The four groups of resource persons are representatives of parliamentary and non-parliamentary political parties, general election organisers, electoral experts or observers, and academics,” he said.
Previously, the KPK’s Monitoring Directorate in 2025 conducted a study to identify corruption potential among election organisers.
After the study, the KPK proposed five points for improvement in election organisation, hoped to minimise corruption potential.
First, the KPK encourages strengthening the integrity of election organisers through improved selection mechanisms, process transparency, and public involvement in tracing track records. This effort can also be supported by optimising the Political Party Information System (SIPOL).
Second, reorganising the political party nomination process, including minimum membership requirements and eliminating provisions that open room for elite intervention in candidates.
Third, reforming campaign financing, including regulating campaign methods and types, as well as limiting cash usage.
Fourth, implementing electronic voting and recapitulation gradually in national and regional elections.
Fifth, strengthening election law enforcement by clarifying norms, expanding legal subjects to every person as giver and receiver, and aligning legislative and regional head election regulations. (Ant)