Jakarta – All presidential candidates have allegedly broken the General Elections Commission rules on campaign funding, having received donations of more than Rp 5 billion (US$500,000), a nongovernmental organization said Monday.
Fahmi Badoh, coordinator on political corruption from the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW), an NGO that focuses on corruption, said his organization had found donations to all candidates exceeding the set limit of Rp 1 billion from individuals and Rp 5 billion from corporations.
He said the ICW had found further evidence of cheating in campaign fund donations, including donors with unclear identities, donors who did not include their Taxpayer Identification Number (NPWP), donors with identical addresses and donors from within the same company, adding that the ICW had reported its findings to the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu).
"Whether they are actual violations or not, if there is sufficient evidence, the police must proceed with an investigation," he told reporters at the Bawaslu office in Jakarta, Monday.
Earlier this month, the General Elections Commission (KPU) disclosed the reported campaign funds of each of the presidential candidates. The Megawati and Prabowo pair had about Rp 257 billion, Yudhoyono and Boediono had about Rp 200 billion, while Jusuf Kalla and Wiranto had around Rp 83 billion.