KPU Has Quality Control Standards for Pantarlih and Coklit

The General Election Commission has control standards to maintain the quality of the Voter Registration Committee (Pantarlih) in conducting matching and research (Coklit) of voter data. This standard is also the basis for the DKI Jakarta KPU to answer suggestions for improving voter registration from the DKI Jakarta Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) in the context of the 2024 DKI Jakarta Pilkada. The KPU has also clarified a number of issues such as Coklit errors and jockeying.

“KPU DKI has sent a response letter to Bawaslu DKI on the previous improvement suggestions. We have clarified the findings of Bawaslu DKI,” said Jakarta KPU member Fahmi Zikrillah by telephone to rumahpemilu.org, Jakarta 24/7.

According to Fahmi, more, the findings of Bawaslu DKI are not true. Some mistakes that we can accept have also been corrected by KPU DKI. From the beginning, the Coklit process by Pantarlih has included control and supervision standards.

“KPU DKI conducts direct supervision of Pantarlih who conducts Coklit. Supervision is done by sampling. Each member of the DKI KPU conducts supervision based on the division of the region. For example, I am responsible for PPS in West Jakarta,” Fahmi added.

Another member of the DKI Jakarta KPU, Nelvi Gustina added. All KPU Pantarlih are equipped with Pantarlih work identity cards. In addition to this, there are Pantarlih attributes that emphasize the professional and official work of the KPU, such as vests, hats, and stickers and others.

“Indeed, they do not carry the Pantarlih SK during Coklit but it can be checked by matching the ID card with the identity card they carry. During the Coklit, we also invited the supervisors to accompany the coklit process,” explained Nelvi.

Betty Epsilon Idroos, a member of the KPU of the Republic of Indonesia, explained that the KPU hierarchically ensures that the Coklit implementation runs accurately and in accordance with the laws and regulations. All technical errors and violations are avoided by Pantarlih based on quality control standards and supervision of provincial and district / city KPU members including supervision from Bawaslu.

Based on the standard, the voter data Coklit process includes two monitoring mechanisms. First, there is a weekly meeting in the village to gather all voter registration committees (Pantarlih). Second, there is an e-coclit information system.

“The first mechanism is carried out in all urban village offices by PPS. This activity aims to report the progress of Coklit from each officer in each region,” Betty said through a conversation application (24/7).

Meanwhile, the e-coclit mechanism serves to record the progress of Coklit data per day. Pantarlih’s work can be seen in this digital information system, both the distribution and the number of voters who have been Coklit.

In e-coclit, there are users and viewers. Those who act as users are Pantarlih. Meanwhile, the KPU acts as a monitor. Every day Pantarlih inputs data into e-coklit from the Coklit process carried out. KPU as a monitor monitors the actuality of the data inputted by Pantarlih.

Previously, Bawaslu DKI Jakarta found 42 cases of alleged jockey Pantarlih in the DKI Jakarta Pilkada. Bawaslu’s supervision through village supervisors of the coklit process is carried out with a petition test mechanism of 10 families per day. The results of the supervision are submitted to the Regency / City Bawaslu every week. The Regency / City Bawaslu then submits suggestions for improvement to the Regency / City KPU.

According to Bawaslu, there are two factors that have led to the emergence of the Pantarlih jockey phenomenon. First, the Pantarlih’s background as village staff or people who already have jobs causes Pantarlih to only carry out tasks in their spare time. Second, the Pantarlih honorarium, which is uniformed for all polling stations throughout Indonesia, is not commensurate for Pantarlih who must work in areas with difficult geographical challenges.

For urban areas, there is almost no problem with the cost of the Pantarlih to go to the field. But when working in mountainous areas, in one district, the distance between houses can be more than 2 kilometers. The standard honorarium, which does not include adjustments for terrain, area and distance, makes the value of Rp 1 million irrelevant.

Bawaslu’s supervision through village supervisors of the Coklit process is carried out with a petition test mechanism of 10 households per day. The results of the supervision were submitted to the Regency/City Bawaslu every week. The Bawaslu at the Regency/City level then submitted suggestions for improvement to the Regency/City KPU.

As a form of performance accountability, once a week, Bawaslu publishes the findings of the monitoring results. Bawaslu has evidence in the form of confirmation videos that have been carried out. This is part of the election monitoring documentation.

Then the village supervisor reports to the District Supervisor. Panwascam then verified in the field. Apparently, we have confirmed it to the Pantarlih concerned. Pantarlih asked his brother to collect KK (Family Card) at work. Based on these findings, Bawaslu recommended to the district KPU.

Bawaslu’s supervision through village supervisors of the Coklit process is carried out with a petition test mechanism of 10 families per day. The results of the supervision were submitted to the Regency/City Bawaslu every week. The Regency/City Bawaslu then submitted suggestions for improvement to the Regency/City KPU. []

*Link to download the DKI KPU’s Answer Letter to the DKI Bawaslu’s Suggestions for Improvement: https://rumahpemilu.org/surat-jawaban-kpu-dki-atas-saran-perbaikan-dari-bawaslu-dki-tentang-coklit-dan-pantarlih/