Makassar – The campaign team of presidential candidate pair Prabowo Subianto and Sandiaga Uno has reported 15 district heads in Makassar, South Sulawesi, to the Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) over footage that reportedly promotes the incumbent President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Ma'ruf Amin.
"In the footage, which runs for one minute and 27 seconds, there is a part that certainly depicts [their] support for a certain pair," legal team head Edy Arsyam said at the local office of Bawaslu, on Thursday as quoted by Antara.
Edy said the district heads were civil servants and, thus, it was illegal for them to show support for a certain presidential candidate and try to influence the constituency.
He added that South Sulawesi Governor Syahrul Yasin Limpo, who was captured in the video, had allegedly played along. "We began to sense an unfairness. We're collecting the evidence," he said, adding that they had allegedly violated the State Apparatus Law.
A member of the campaign team, Asruddin Bahar, added that the footage may have violated the Election Law and a Bawaslu regulation that forbids civil servants from engaging in politics or campaigning.
The head of the South Sulawesi office of Bawaslu, Laode Arumahi, promised to follow up on the report. (swd)