Aceh Transparency Society (MaTA) will hold a press conference to deliver openness conditions in Aceh province, particularly in relation to election organization on Wednesday, next June 11. Coordinator of the Anti-Corruption and Judicial Monitoring of MaTA, Bayhaqi said it has conducted dozens of requests for information to KIP Aceh and Aceh Election Supervisory Institution (Bawaslu Aceh), which is done by name of private and NGO activists. However, the result is only one information are provided by KIP Aceh, i.e. copy of ID card of DPD candidates from the province. And the rest was no response at all from the Aceh provincial election commission.
“The information that we asked is only the information that related to the legislative election phases and also information that related to the budget,” said Bayhaqi. However, according to him, only one information that provided by KIP Aceh, i.e. copy of ID card of DPD candidates from the province. And the rest was no response at all from the Aceh provincial election commission.
Bayhaqi explained, the request is not only made ??by letter, but also by the phone. The results are nearly identical to the test via mail access. KIP Aceh only respond to requests made ??by MaTA, and even then, the staff who gave the information won’t say his name.
Besides MaTA, a press conference was also presented the Chairman of the Information Commission of Aceh, Afrizal Tjoetra as keynote speakers. Bayhaqi expected the result of condition description in Aceh will triggers the local election commission to evaluate and fix the provision and public information services.