Marshel Widianto Is Confirmed To Be Canceled As Deputy Mayor Of South Tangerang After Riza Patria Chooses To Resign

JAKARTA - Celebrity Marshel Widianto is confirmed to have failed to become deputy mayor of South Tangerang. This is because his partner in the 2024 Pilkada, Riza Patria, has declared his resignation.

This news was confirmed by the Deputy for Bappilu DPP of the Democratic Party, Kamhar Lakumani, who said the Riza-Marshel pair had withdrawn from the 2024 Pilkada in South Tangerang.

"The information about the resignation of Pak Ariza Patria in the South Tangerang Pilkada contestation is true," Kamhar Lakumani told reporters, Wednesday, August 28.

Previously, it was reported that the PKS party's support for the Riza-Marshel pair was withdrawn. It was said that the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politician Achmad Yani said that the Constitutional Court's decision was about reducing the threshold for regional head candidacy, which was the reason PKS canceled the investigation of Marshel Widianto in the election of the Deputy Mayor of South Tangerang.

"Yes, of course with the Constitutional Court, PKS has a chance there to run," Yani told reporters, Tuesday, August 27.

Apart from PKS, the Democratic Party also withdrew support for Riza-Marshel. Whereas previously, the Chairman of the Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, directly gave a letter of recommendation for support to the Ariza-Marshel pair for the South Tangerang Pilkada.

Until this article was raised, the VOI team had tried to ask Marshel Widianto's response regarding this matter but there had been no response.