Tangsel Regional Election Debate: Princess Ma'ruf Amin Affirms No One Should Corruption Down With The Poor

Candidate pair for mayor-deputy mayor of South Tangerang number 2 Siti Nurazizah-Ruhamaben

JAKARTA - The candidate pair for mayor-vice mayor of South Tangerang city number 2, Siti Nurazizah-Ruhamaben, confirmed the promise to create prosperous citizens in Tangsel. The hope of this daughter of Ma'ruf Amin is that Tangsel must become a world-class city.

"Once again I would like to say 2 greetings, greetings of change and victory for all Tangsel people. The victory of the people of Tangsel was realized when everyone felt safe, peaceful and just. When all progress and everything is prosperous no one is left behind or feels abandoned. Nobody is allowed to do corruption from generation to generation while the poor are from generation to generation, ”said Azizah in the Tangsel regional election debate, Wednesday, December 3.

Azizah-Ruhama has a vision for Permata Tangsel towards a world-class city with two keys. Namely equal distribution of progress and welfare.

"So that all citizens of Tangsel feel that justice is both legal and economic, when that happens, security increases, at that time Tangsel deserves to be a world-class city," said Azizah, who wore a mask while speaking at the Tangsel Pilkada debate.

The principle of bureaucratic reform is also the focus of this candidate pair. All bureaucratic apparatus must work for a prosperous people.

Meanwhile, the deputy walkot candidate for Tangsel, Ruhama, said that the reform of the bureaucracy is at the same time by building a big data information management system. From this it can be identified the needs of the people of Tangsel.

In addition, the promise of an integrated, accountable and transparent IT-based public service management system.

"It is not a system as if it were IT, but in fact it can still be intervened," said Ruhama.

About the 2020 South Tangerang Regional Election

The election for the Mayor of South Tangerang was so lively because it was followed by three couples who had links with national elite figures. Starting from the nephew of the Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto, Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo to the daughter of Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Siti Nur Azizah Ma'ruf. What made the South Tangerang Pilkada appear 'sexy' so that the political elite "went down the mountains"?

The city, which was inaugurated in 2008, shows its attractiveness. Even the capital city of the capital city of Jakarta is often mentioned as a reference for political parties to measure their electability on a bigger political stage.

The history of Tangsel's establishment is not without reason, quoting Kompas, this area was formed at the pressure of residents of Tangerang Regency who feel marginalized. Those who protested came from six regions including Ciputat, Pagedangan, Serpong, Pondok Aren, Casauk and Pamulang.

At that time, the residents of the suburbs of Tangerang Regency felt that they were not paid attention because they were far from the center of the Tangerang Regency government. Even though the Tangsel area at that time contributed around 30 percent of Tangerang Regency's revenue.

In addition, the attraction of Tangsel City is getting stronger with the plan to build digital clusters such as Silicon Valley in the United States. The tech giant Apple, for example, has founded the Apple Developer Academy in Tangsel. This institution is the first in Asia and the third in the world. This certainly opens up investment opportunities for major world companies in Indonesia.

In addition, South Tangerang Regional Original Revenue (PAD) in the third quarter of 2019, had reached 1.4 trillion rupiah. The PAD comes from local taxes, in the form of restaurant, entertainment, advertising, PBB, and BPHTB taxes. This income is the key to the success of the Tangsel City government in contributing revenue to the state.

From these facts, it is not surprising that South Tangerang is one of the most contested areas during the Pilkada. Some elites even had to "go down the mountain" to reap the votes in the region.