Surabaya Pilkada Debate: Machfud Arifin Directly Satire The Incident Of Obtaining A Death Certificate In Jakarta

SURABAYA - Candidate for the mayor of Surabaya Machfud Arifin immediately insinuated the performance of the Surabaya City Government which is said to be still discriminatory in the Pilkada debate. A number of examples were presented when talking about the vision-mission and work programs.

"Recently, Surabaya has become the topic of discussion for almost all Indonesians. To obtain the death certificate, Mrs. Yaidah has to visit the Ministry of Home Affairs in Jakarta," Machfud Arifin said in the Surabaya Pilkada debate broadcast on YouTube KPU Surabaya, Wednesday, November 18.

There was also an incident at Kejawan Lor, Surabaya which was also mentioned by Machfud Arifin, who was paired with Mujiaman in the Surabaya Pilkada. One family is said to have never received assistance from the Surabaya City Government.

"Complaints from a poor family for more than 30 years have never received assistance. All this shows that there are still many discriminatory and complicated public services, "continued the candidate number 2 in the Surabaya Pilkada.

In addition, the unemployment data of 150 thousand people in Surabaya were also disclosed. Not to mention that only 4 thousand of the total 26 thousand UMKM have received assistance from the Surabaya City Government.

"Data from the Surabaya City Government in 2020, the poor reach 817 thousand people or 26 percent. Poverty alleviation data is not yet integrated. Therefore, we MA-Mujiaman are determined to build an integrated data center and big data, ”said Machfud Arifin in the Surabaya Pilkada debate.

Meanwhile, candidate number 1 for mayor Eri Cahyadi said he would form a Surabaya Academy. This place is a skills training center for Surabaya residents who are looking for work.

"We will facilitate investment in Surabaya, but one thing we ask for investment should be for the people of Surabaya, where 45 percent of people who work on Surabaya ID cards," continued Eri Cahyadi in his work program presentation.

In addition, Eri Cahyadi, who is paired with Armudji, promised to assist MSMEs, including marketing products in synergy with tourism.

"Public services must stop and finish in urban villages because they are the spearhead of Surabaya government services," said Eri.