Students protested Wednesday the Banten Elections Commission's decision not to disqualify a applicant to the commission for holding ID cards from two different regions.
The Tangerang Students Organization said Dadang Hermawan was registered as a candidate in the preliminary selection process of the Tangerang Regency Elections Commission but later failed to pass other tests.
"Then Dadang suddenly appeared in the selection test for the municipality's commission and he passed. One of the requirements to become a member is to have a local ID card. This means Dadang used two different ID cards for two different regions," said the organization's chairman, Ahmad Jariri, on Wednesday.
He said the selection team at the Banten commission should have had better administrative judgement for candidates as the law clearly stipulated members must be residents of the region.
Tangerang regency data shows Dadang is registered as a resident of Sepatan district, Tangerang regency.
Susari, a member of the selection team at the municipality's commission said he did not know Dadang had undergone a recruitment test at the regency.
Dadang Hermawan admitted he possessed two ID cards and had taken a selection test for the regency's commission.
"But my ID card from the regency has been revoked, so please check with the Pasir Jaya subdistirct office in Jati Uwung that I have been registered and given a new ID card as a resident of the municipality," he said.
The General Elections Commission (KPUD) ordered the municipality's commission to suspend its activities following a series of events involving its ousted chairman Adi Warman.
The municipality's commission is forbidden to run daily activities or issue any policies related to the August mayoral elections until new members are installed.
Eleven nonprofit organizations also urged the central government to suspend the Tangerang Municipality Elections Commission's operations.
Adi criticized the municipality's decision to allocate Rp 16 billion to fund the election, saying the decision was not legal as his commission was not involved in budget talks.
His decisions led other members to resign from the commission, leaving only three remaining members.
Banten's commission member Indra Abidin said it was unlawful for the remaining members to make any decision since regional autonomy law states a commission's plenary meeting is valid only if it is attended by at least four members.
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