Former Election Official Jailed in Graft Case that Shakes Ruling Party PDI-P

Former General Election Commission (KPU) commissioner Wahyu Setiawan, left, talks with his lawyer after a virtual court hearing on his graft case that he follows from the Corruption Obliteration Commission head office in Jakarta on May 28,2020 (Beritasatu Photo/Joanito De Saojoao)

Jakarta. The Jakarta Anti-Corruption Court on Monday sentenced former General Election Commission, or KPU, commissioner Wahyu Setiawan to 6 years in prison for taking kickback from politicians of the judgment Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Wahyu was found guilty of taking at least Rp 600 million in kickback, which the court stated was given to him so that he would assist a PDI-P political leader who looked for to fill an uninhabited Legislature seat.

He has actually resigned from his position because he was called a suspect by the Corruption Obliteration Commission, or KPK, in January.

According to the judge panel, Wahyu was paid in return for helping PDI-P politician Harun Masiku win the seat abandoned by a fellow celebration member who has actually passed away. Harun has been named a suspect too however he stays at large.

The court file mentions that PDI-P politician Nazarudin Kiemas from the South Sumatra electoral district died weeks prior to the April 2019 election but his name stayed on the tally regardless of efforts by the PDI-P to get his name eliminated. Nazarudin was eventually elected and the KPU granted his seat to another PDI-P politician named Riezky Aprilia, who came 2nd in the number of votes won.

The PDI-P, for reasons unidentified, insisted that the seat be handed to Harun but their request was turned down by the election commission.

Another Convict


Agustiani Tio Fridelina, a previous member of the Election Supervisory Agency, or Bawaslu, was also found guilty and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in exact same case.

Agustiani, likewise a PDI-P political leader, was convicted of channeling the bribe cash to Wahyu.

” The criminal activity committed by both defendants might potentially undermine results of the election, a democratic process that represents the sovereignty of individuals,” Presiding Judge Susanti Arsi Wibawani stated when reading out the decision.

The prosecutors’ indictment has actually pointed out a number of other PDI-P strong males, including Secretary-General Hasto Kristiyanto, for their declared function in the bribery.