Prevent Repetitive Stabbing Cases, KPU-Police Tighten Security For Makassar Pilkada Debates, Supporters May Not Participate

MAKASSAR - The KPU of Makassar City asked the four candidate pairs in the Makassar Pilkada not to mobilize masses or supporters to the debate arena for the Makassar Pilkada. It was decided that the Makassar Pilkada debate was held in Jakarta because Makassar was called the police to be part of the security red zone.

"We ask each pair of candidates not to bring supporters and sympathizers around the location of the debate and in the location of the debate, because we are still in a pandemic situation. , Endang Sari was contacted by VOI, Monday, November 23.

The Makassar Pilkada Debate will be held on Tuesday, November 24 at 20.00-22.30 WITA. The theme of the second Makassar Pilkada debate is "Bureaucratic Reform, Public Services, Urban and Economic Area Arrangement".

The Makassar KPU has coordinated with the police to improve security. The KPU does not want the stabbing of one of the supporters of a candidate pair during the Makassar Pilkada debate held in Jakarta to repeat itself.

"We have made our layered coordination to Jakarta. We have coordinated with the Makassar Police, South Sulawesi Police, we are also coordinating with TV stations asking for increased security, by writing to the security institutions here, both the Central Jakarta Police, Polda Metro Jaya, and also sending a letter to the Police Headquarters, "continued Endang.

The Makassar Pilkada was followed by 4 pairs of candidates, namely serial number 1. Moh Ramdhan Pomanto-Fatmawati Rusdi (Danny-Fatma); candidate number 2 Munafrdi Arifuddin-Abdul Rahman Bando (Appi-Rahman).

Candidate number 3 is Syamsu Rizal MI-Fadli Ananda (Dilan) and candidate number 4, Irman Yasin Limpo-Andi Muh Zunnun Armin Nurdin Halid (Imun).