Stronger Rules for Campaign Fund Reporting Needed
Without the implementation of a stronger rule to force candidates to report campaign funds correctly, reporting will only become a formality as is currently the case.
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Chairman of General Election Commission (KUPU) Arief Budiman (front right) and gives the results of the election campaign fund audit reports to the Chairman of Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Abhan (front left) at the KPU Office, Jakarta, Friday (31/5/2019).
Without the implementation of a stronger rule to force candidates to report campaign funds correctly, reporting will only become a formality as is currently the case. Such reports will not be effective in preventing corruption.
JAKARTA, KOMPAS— In the four simultaneous regional head elections in the country, the reporting of campaign funds is still merely a formality. Without improving the reporting mechanisms and granting investigative authority to election supervisors, the campaign fund reporting will not be effective in preventing transactional politics or political corruption.