Clarification from Bogor Regency KPU Chairman Muhammad Adi Kurnia: STIN Students Have the Right to Vote in Accordance with KPU Laws and Regulations
Bogor – Chairman of the Bogor Regency General Election Commission (KPU) Muhammad Adi Kurnia said that students at the State Intelligence College (STIN) legally have the right to vote which is regulated in accordance with applicable laws and General Election Commission Regulations.
“Regarding STIN students’ voting rights, they have the right to vote in accordance with the KPU Law and regulations. “That’s why we, the Bogor Regency KPU, handed over forms for the right to transfer to vote to STIN students,” emphasized the Chairman of the Bogor Regency KPU, Muhammad Adi Kurnia, while in Bogor, West Java, Wednesday, 14/2/2024.
According to him, STIN students have completed original documents from the STIN institution regarding assignment letters so that they are guaranteed to have the right to vote. This is also a clarification of the video circulating in various media, including social media, regarding STIN students carrying out the voting rights process at the Bogor Regency DPT.
Previously, on January 19 2024, STIN had coordinated with the Bogor Regency KPU to propose a transfer to elect STIN students who were originally registered in their respective areas of residence, to move to the Bogor Regency area because they were on study assignments.
This is in accordance with the letter from the Chairman of the KPU to the Chairman of the Regency/City KPU number: 695/PL.01-SD/14/2023 dated 7 July 2023 regarding preparations for the preparation of the Additional Voter List (DPTb) domestically and abroad.
On this basis, the application for transferring to select 1,020 STIN students was declared valid by the Bogor Regency KPU on February 12 2024.
In this way, STIN students have the right to vote and have voted on Wednesday 14 February 2024 at the polling stations determined by the Bogor Regency KPU.
Please note that the Bina Nusantara Informatics Polytechnic which STIN students use is only as a “Cover” because the identity of STIN students is confidential. This is in accordance with article 25 of Law Number 17 of 2011 concerning State Intelligence.
For your information, on February 12 2024, STIN has submitted to the Bogor Regency KPU a letter of assignment containing the identity of the STIN student’s real name as a required document to support the move to vote. At that time, the Bogor Regency KPU understood the confidentiality of the identities of STIN students, including “Cover” as students of the Bina Nusantara Informatics Polytechnic.
