A candidate vying for a seat in West Lampung Legislative Council (DPRD) has been sentenced to six months in prison for vote buying during campaigning, according to Election Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) Lampung head Nazaruddin.
Nazaruddin said on Wednesday the candidate, endorsed by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), was identified as ET. He added that the case was one of 150 campaign violations found by the committee.
“At that time he gathered residents and distributed his cards as well as cash in Rp 50,000 [US$4.4] denominations. The local election supervisor discovered this and took photos,” said Nazaruddin as quoted bykompas.com.
Upon learning he had been photographed, ET asked Bawaslu Lampung to delete the photos before leaving the campaign location. The committee then filed a report with the local police.
Nazaruddin said the local district court declared ET guilty of violating regulations and sentenced him to six months in prison with a four month probation term.
“He may win the election, but the win will mean nothing as he cannot be sworn in,” he confirmed.
Source/Fuente: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/03/19/pks-candidate-gets-6-month...
