KPU's response to the Chairman and 4 Members being sanctioned with a severe warning for hiring a private jet

Jakarta – The Honorary Council for Election Organizers (DKPP) has given a strong warning to the chairman, 4 members and Secretary General of the KPU regarding the acquisition of private jet charter during the 2024 election. In response to the DKPP’s decision, the KPU will comply with the decision. “I will personally implement the DKPP decision,” KPU Secretary General Bernad Dermawan Sutrisno told journalists on Wednesday (22/10/2025). Bernad said the KPU will immediately follow up on the decision. Because, he said, the DKPP decision was final and binding. Scroll TO CONTINUE CONTENT “A special internal meeting need not be held to discuss (the DKPP decision), but a KPU decision will be prepared immediately as a follow-up to the DKPP decision according to the time limit set,” he said. “Because the DKPP decision is final and binding on the KPU,” he added. It is known that DKPP has imposed strict warning sanctions on the chairman, 4 members and secretary general of the KPU. DKPP adjudged to have breached the code of ethics for election organizers in relation to the procurement of private jet hire. “The imposition of strict warning sanctions on Accused I Muhammad Afifuddin, as Chairman and member of the KPU. Accused II Idham Holik. Accused III Yulianto Sudrajat. Accused IV Parsadaan Harahap. Accused V August Mellaz, each of whom is a member of the General Election,” said that the Chairman of the General Election is this decision,” said DKPP. in the judgment hearing that was broadcast via DKPP YouTube, Tuesday (21/10). “To impose a severe warning sanction on Accused VII Bernad Darmawan Sutrisno as Secretary General of the General Election Commission from the time this decision was read,” he continued. In its consideration, the DKPP assessed that the conduct of accused I towards accused V and defendant VII in the use of a private jet was not justified according to the ethics of election organizers. In addition, the participants chose luxury private jets. In the judgment it was stated that the accused used private jets 59 times. In fact, private jets are not used in 3T areas. This case was filed by Sri Afrianis and Dudy Agung Trisna, who authorized Ibnu Syamsu Hidayat and gave his friends. The complainant alleged that the defendants breached the KEPP in relation to the procurement of private aircraft charter under the pretext of providing logistical support for the 2024 elections. (amw/rfs)