Deputy Chairperson of PAN Saleh Partaonan Daulay asked that the issue of violations in the Serang Pilkada not be linked with the insistence that the Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions (Mendes PDT) Yandri Susanto be evaluated by President Prabowo Subianto.
PAN does not want the Yandri issue to be reshuffled from the Red and White cabinet.
Even though the candidate for regent of Serang who fought, namely Ratu Rachmatu Zakiyah, was Yandri's wife. However, according to Saleh, the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) regarding the PSU is a consequence that will be carried out by the party because Ratu is a candidate promoted by PAN.
"So there are two things that I think are mixed up with complaints related to the Serang Regional Election. The Serang Regional Election is one thing that I think there are provisions and stages in the process for testing it at the Constitutional Court, and that has been completed. So if the law stipulates we must join the PSU, yes, we will join the PSU because our supreme commander in this Republic is certainly a law," he continued.
Meanwhile, regarding the cabinet reshuffle, according to Saleh, this is a prerogative of the president. "So it's not mixed up with this problem," he said.
The chairman of Commission VII of the DPR explained that the President has the authority to evaluate all members of his cabinet. Not only Yandri Susanto but all cabinet members who are currently working in the Prabowo government cabinet.
"And Prabowo is the one who knows which one can work. And so far we have assessed that Mas Yandri's performance is good. And he is now traveling around Indonesia and even rarely he is in Jakarta," he said.
"So we often travel around Indonesia and instead go down to villages. And a lot more time, in fact we think it is now spent in those villages. So it is an achievement that I think needs to be appreciated," he added.
Therefore, according to Saleh, it is irrelevant if the issue of violating the Serang Regional Election which nominated Ratu is mixed with Yandri's performance as a minister. He believes Yandri will not hesitate in the Serang Pilkada even though his wife runs.
"In my opinion, there is no correlation at all. Moreover, the accusations are for participating in the attack regional elections. We consider that he did not participate in the intervention," said Saleh.
"That's why in the court that was carried out at the Constitutional Court, lawyers and defense and also expert witnesses who we complained about, all of them certainly conveyed different data from what is now being decided. So therefore we stick to our conditions and conclusions are not wrong in this matter," continued the PAN legislator for the Sumatran electoral district.
"But if for example the Constitutional Court's decision stipulates that we lose in the Constitutional Court, yes, we obey the decision as part of the consequences of the state of law," he concluded.
It is known that the Constitutional Court (MK) canceled the results of the 2024 Serang Regency Pilkada. The Constitutional Court asked the KPU to re-vote (PSU).
In its consideration, the Constitutional Court argues that there is involvement of the structure of village government officials closely related to actions or actions, whether intentional or unintentional, carried out by the Minister of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions, Yandri Susanto, in his capacity as a state official.
In the 2024 Serang Pilbup, Yandri's wife, Ratu Rachmatu Zakiyah, was the elected Regent. In this case, Ratu Rachmatu acted as a related party.
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