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Strengthening Checks on Vote-Buying

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House of Representatives member Bowo Sidik Pangarso of the Golkar Party is taken to a detention center in Jakarta on Thursday. Bowo was named a suspect for allegedly accepting bribes from PT Humpuss Transportasi Kimia.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Supervision of the growing political activities ahead of the 2019 elections must be strengthened. In addition to election organizers and law enforcement officials, the people should be involved in checking political activities.Ratna Dewi Pettalolo, a member of the Elections Supervisory Board (Bawaslu), said in Jakarta on Friday that transactional politics were real and such practices threatened democracy in the country.

The arrest of Bowo Sidik Pangarso, a member of Commission VI of the House of Representatives (DPR) over his alleged acceptance of bribes indicates there is a practice of transactional politics. As reported by newspapers, Bowo is again running for a seat at the House representing Central Java in the legislative election in April.

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