UMMAT DAILY ■ The Central Java Election Supervisory Agency or Central Java Bawaslu recorded that at least 95 state civil servants or ASNs in Central Java committed violations of neutrality during the 2020 simultaneous regional elections. 84 of them have even been sanctioned.
Coordinator of the Central Java Bawaslu Public Relations and Inter-Agency Relations Division, Rofiuddin, admitted that dozens of ASNs were declared violating. Because he sided with one of the candidate pairs in the 2020 Regional Head Election or Pilkada.
"Based on these findings, we have sent a recommendation to KASN [State Civil Service Commission] to impose sanctions. Of the 95 ASNs in Central Java, 84 of them have received sanctions. Meanwhile, 11 other State Civil Servants are still waiting for follow-up," said Rofiuddin. , as quoted by Solopos.com, on Wednesday (2/12/2020).
Rofiuddin added that from the information obtained, the sanctions recommended by KASN against violators were of various kinds. Starting from sanctions in the form of reprimands to postponement of promotion or class.
"For 11 ASNs in Central Java that have not been sanctioned, we are still waiting for the follow-up from KASN," he added.
Rofiuddin said that the violation of ASN's non-neutrality in the 2020 Pilkada was in the form of attending the activities of one of the candidate pairs. Such as declaration events to providing support through social media (medsos).
Rofiuddin appealed to ASN in Central Java to maintain neutrality in the 2020 Pilkada and not get involved in practical politics. In addition, ASN was asked not to show partiality towards one of the candidate pairs. This is so as not to cause a decrease in service to the community.
"Once again we ask ASN in Central Java to remain neutral and not get involved in practical politics, by showing their support for one of the candidate pairs," said Rofiuddin.
