Purchased 10 Political Parties, Then Iqbal-Dinda To KPU List Of NTB Gubernatorial Elections
NTB - Candidate Pair (paslon) for governor and deputy governor of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), Lalu Muhammad Iqbal-Indah Mohayanti Putri or Iqbal-Dinda became the third registrant to the NTB KPU, Thursday 29 August.The couple, known as Iqbal-Dinda, came wearing a typical blue-blue outfit and was accompanied by 10 leaders of political parties carrying the supporter and thousands of supporters.Iqbal said he was grateful to be able to arrive at the registration point after going through a long struggle process to get 10 political party support with a total vote of more than 1.6 million. The party's support, including Golkar, Gerindra, PPP, PAN, PBB, Hanura, Gelora, PSI, Prima and Garuda."We pray that the registration process will run smoothly and administratively be fulfilled so that it is determined as a candidate for governor and deputy governor," he said.The former Turkish Ambassador to Indonesia, said that the Iqbal-Dinda couple had a big dream to bring the province to be better than it is today. In fact, he admitted that he had traveled throughout NTB to see the problems faced by the people in this area."It turns out that there are still many social problems that need attention and attention. Starting from social problems, unemployment to worrying is the existence of pockets of poverty that are still large in NTB," he said.Therefore, one of Iqbal-Dinda's priorities if elected is to build an agricultural, livestock and marine-based industrial ecosystem to reduce poverty and social pockets."Because most of the root problems are poverty and unemployment," he said.For this reason, he promised to open the widest possible creative space for NTB youth. Because in their hands the future of the province. Therefore, the creative industry and digital information will be his priority going forward.He also added that as a tourism area, he will also build a quality NTB tourism conceptualization instead of pursuing quantities. One of them is by increasing MICE tourism, including building connectivity between destinations and others.Meanwhile, Indah Dhamayanti Putri appreciated the support of the volunteers who attended both coming from Lombok Island and Sumbawa Island. She also hopes that what people hope on the two islands in NTB can be fulfilled and protected."Let's welcome this election with joy by providing good political education for the people of NTB," said Ummi Dinda.Meanwhile, the chairman of the NTB KPU, Muhammaf Khuwailid, said that the Iqbal-Dinda pair was the third registrant as candidates for governor and deputy governor, after the couple Zulkieflimansyah-Moh Suhaili FT and Sitti Rohmi Djalilah-Musyafirin who came to register on the second day on Wednesday (28/8)."One element of democratic elections is the presence of competition. And Alhamdulillah, the candidate has more than one. So the elements of the competition are fulfilled," said Khuwailid.He also advised that although the choice was different, brotherhood must be maintained. Because the NTB Pilkada is for all people of NTB."Hopefully this will be an encouragement for all of us in carrying out all stages of the regional elections in NTB," he said.
Furthermore, from the files submitted, his party will conduct administrative research according to the requirements in KPU regulation Number 8 of 2024 and its amendments.For the completeness and requirements of the candidate pair's documents to exist and are correct, their registration is accepted."However, we are still conducting administrative research on the terms according to KPU regulations Number 8 of 2024 and the changes. So we will carry out the administrative research from August 29 to September 4, 2024. If all the requirements of the candidate are correct, it will be included in the determination of the candidate according to the schedule on September 22, 2024," he said.