Pemilu Legislatif, Sejumlah Menteri SBY Ajukan Cuti Kampanye
Several Ministers Take Leave to Indonesian Electoral Campaigns
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Sekretaris Negara Sudi Silalahi mengatakan bahwa sejumlah menteri telah mengajukan cuti untuk ikut berkampanye pada pemilu 2014.
"Ada tiga sampai empat orang menteri yang sudah mengajukan cuti. Ada Menteri Perhubungan (EE Mangindaan), ada Pak Hatta (Menteri Koordinator Perekonomian), ada Pak Syarief Hasan (Menteri Koperasi dan UKM), ada siapa lagi gitu," katanya di Kompleks Istana Kepresidenan di Jakarta, Senin.
Ia mengatakan, pihaknya akan memproses para menteri yang akan mengajukan cuti untuk kampanye. Sementara untuk Presiden Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, sampai saat ini belum mengajukan cuti.
"Beliau (Presiden SBY) barangkali belum, sejauh ini belum ada rencana," katanya.
Ia menambahkan, Presiden dapat mengajukan cuti untuk kampanye. "Ya bisa, kenapa tidak bisa? Siapa yang melarang Presiden kampanye?, tapi ya tentu sesuai aturan. Beliau tidak akan melanggar aturan lah ya," katanya.
Sementara itu, Menteri Koordinator Kesejahteraan Rakyat Agung Laksono mengatakan, dirinya baru akan mengajukan cuti untuk berkampanye. "Belum, hari ini sedang akan diajukan," katanya.
Ia mengatakan, izin cuti diperlukan segera guna memastikan agar dirinya dapat melaksanakan kampanye pada hari yang telah ditentukan.
"Saya tidak tahu hari apa (kampanyenya), tapi sebaiknya mengantongi izin apakah dipaki atau tidak tergantung keadaan," katanya.
Sementara itu, Komisi Pemilihan Umum telah menetapkan jadwal kampanye rapat umum dan iklan media massa untuk Pemilu 2014 pada 16 Maret hingga 5 April 2014. Sementara pemilu akan dilaksanakan pada 9 April 2014.
Jakarta (B2B) - A number of ministers in the cabinet of President of Indonesia Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonohad applied for leave to participate in electoral campaigns ahead of the legislative elections scheduled to be held on April 9.
"Three or four have submitted their applications, including the Minister of Transportation EE Mangindaan, the Chief Economic Minister Pak (mr) Hatta, and the Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Businesses Pak Syarief Hasan, as well as others," Minister/State Secretary Sudi Silalahi said, here on Monday,
He noted that he would immediately process their applications.
Campaigns will start on March 16 and will last until April 5.
Regarding President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is the general chairman of the Democrat Party, he said he has not yet applied for leave.
"He has not, until now. (I have seen) no plan from him," he said.
He also stated that the President is allowed to take leave to participate in campaigns.
"Of course he can, why not? Who says that the President is not allowed to campaign? Certainly he must also adhere to the rules if he wants to. He will not violate the rules," he said.
Coordinating Minister for Peoples Welfare, Agung Laksono said he was just about to submit the application for leave. "We will submit it today," he added.
He said the permit was needed immediately for assuring that he can campaign on the dates that were planned.
"I do not know when it will be. We had better have the permit first. Whether it will later be used will depend on the situation," he said.
