REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- General Election Commission (KPU) commissioner Wahyu Setiawan said Prabowo Subianto - Sandiaga Uno national campaign team should immediately report changes in the composition of its team. The statement came following the naming of a figure to replace activist Ratna Sarumpaet.
“We are waiting the information to be reported to KPU, because the change in campaign team must be submitted, including if there’s change in the composition of the team,” Wahyu said on Monday (Oct 8).
KPU admitted has not received official notification yet about the replacement of Ratna who was one of Prabowo - Sandiaga campaign team spokespersons. The commission still gives time to report changes in the structure of the campaign team.
On Wednesday (Oct 3), Prabowo has asked Ratna to resign from his campaign team. His request was a consequence of hoax (fake news) made by Ratna.
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The case began when Ratna decided to have cosmetic surgery on September 21 without any consent of her families. The next day, a picture of her with swollen face circulated on social media. To her families, she claimed it was a result of an assault happened in Bandung, West Java.
She kept her secret for a week. Ratna also hide the truth from her politician friends, including Fadli Zon and Prabowo. On October 2, Fadli created an uproar by tweeting about the assault.
Later that night, Ratna met Prabowo and his national campaign team to talk about the incident. Prabowo then stood for her, saying he would met national police chief to discuss the case.
According to chairwoman of the Prabowo-Sandiaga Uno campaign team, Nanik S. Deyang, the incident had taken place on Sept 21, near Husein Sastranegara International Airport. However, on October 3, police found out that Ratna had not been in Bandung that day, but at Jakarta hospital specializing in cosmetic surgery.
Ratna then admitted to have lied. She said pictures of her swollen eyes that went viral were the result of liposuction and apologized to Prabowo and public for her deception.
Jakarta Police arrested Ratna when she was about to take a flight to Chile at Soekarno Hatta International Airport, Tangerang, Banten on Thursday (Oct 4). She was named as a suspect under Article 14 Law No. 1/1946 on criminal law regulations and Article 28 juncto Article 45 Law No. 11/2008 on Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE).
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