JAKARTA - The election of regional heads (Pilkada) in Surabaya has become one of the areas in the spotlight of our editorial staff. This is interesting because Surabaya is looking for someone who can match or even match the achievements of Mayor Tri Rismaharini. Is there someone who can replace Risma?
Eri-ArmujiThe Surabaya Pilkada will be enlivened by two pairs of candidates for the mayor and their deputy. Candidate candidate pair number 1 is Eri Cahyadi and Armuji. Eri-Armuji was only promoted by the PDI-P party (PDIP) and supported by PSI.
Eri has been a state civil servant (ASN) since 2001 in the Surabaya City Government. This alumnus of the Sepuluh November Institute of Technology (ITS) Surabaya served as Head of the Public Housing and Settlement Areas, Cipta Karya and Spatial Planning (DPRKP-CKTR) at the age of 32 years.
Then in 2018, Eri became Head of the Surabaya City Planning and Development Midwife (Bappeko). He also expands his duties as acting Head of the Office of Cleanliness and Green Open Space. After being promoted as a candidate for mayor, he registered as a PDIP cadre.
Meanwhile, Armuji was noted to have been a member of the Surabaya DPRD and he also served as chairman of the Surabaya DPRD. Currently, Armuji is a member of the 2019-2024 East Java DPRD.
Machfud-Mujiaman
Meanwhile, candidate pair number 2 Machfud Arifin-Mujiaman Sukirno was supported by eight supporting parties, namely Golkar, PKB, PKS, Gerindra, PPP, Democrat, and Nasdem. Machfud is a retired high-ranking police officer who has served as the Chief Policy Analyst in the Sabhara Baharkam Polri sector.
In 2013, Machfud served as the North Maluku Police Chief. After that, he was trusted again as the Head of South Kalimantan Police until 2015.
Then, the 1986 Police Academy graduate who has experience in the field of investigation is believed to be the Head of the Police IT Division. And in 2016-2018 he served as the East Java Regional Police Chief replacing Inspector General Pol Anton Setiadji.
Machfud chose former President Director of PDAM Surabaya Mujiaman, as his running mate in the Surabaya Pilkada. Mujiaman was appointed as Director of PDAM in 2017 by Mayor Risma.
Political mapIn the 2019 Election, Surabaya was the PDIP mass base. The number of members of the Surabaya City DPRD for the 2019-2024 period is dominated by PDIP with 15 seats. [/ Read_more]
Meanwhile, PKB, Gerindra Party, PKS and Golkar Party each have 5 seats. Then Democrat 4 seats, PSI 4 seats, Nasdem 3 seats and PPP 1 seat.
In addition, in the 2019 Presidential Election, the pair supported by PDIP Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin received more votes in Surabaya than Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno. Jokowi-Ma'ruf managed to get 1,124,966 votes, while Prabowo-Sandi only received 478,439 votes.
It is possible that the PDIP dominated the vote in last year's election in Surabaya. However, this does not necessarily guarantee the victory of the Armuji-Era Paslon carried out by PDIP in the Surabaya Regional Election. Because their competitor, Machfud-Mujiaman, is carried by a fat coalition of many parties.
If you look at the results of the two survey institutions, the electability of the candidates for mayor in Surabaya is chasing. The Accurate Research and Consulting Indonesia (ARCI) survey, for example, noted that Eri Cahyadi's electability was able to outperform other candidates such as Machfud Arifin (MA) and Whisnu Sakti Buana (WS).
The percentage is far away. Eri Cahyadi was superior with 38.39 percent, while Machfud Arifin and Whisnu Sakti received only 28.44 percent and 20.38 percent, respectively.
The ARCI survey method uses stratified multistage random sampling. The number of respondents interviewed was 400 residents of Surabaya with a margin of error of 5 percent.
Meanwhile, a survey by the Indonesian Accurate Measured Survey Institute (ASTI) noted Machfud Arifin led the way with a percentage reaching 14.08 percent. Followed by Whisnu Sakti Buana with 9.86 percent, then Eri Cahyadi with 8.45 percent. [/ Read_more]
However, the electability survey is not absolute. There are still many other factors that determine the electability level of Surabaya mayor candidates.
According to the ARCI survey, the biggest consideration for Surabaya residents in choosing a candidate for their city leader is experience, amounting to 58.29 percent. Followed by the populist factor 15.17 percent, honesty 8.53 percent, achieving 6.16 percent, creative 4.27 percent, smart or smart 2.84 percent, not involved in corruption 2.37 percent.
A Flourish election chart Looking for Risma's successorAnother problem in this year's Surabaya Pilkada is finding candidates who can match - if not match - Mayor Risma. This is because his achievements are extraordinary, so he can serve as Mayor of Surabaya for two terms.
Risma is the first woman elected as Mayor of Surabaya in history. His expertise in leading Surabaya for two periods was recognized worldwide. It was proven by several times that he was included in the list of the world's best leaders.
During nearly a decade of leadership, Risma has become an icon of the success of Surbaya development. Such as smart city, the green city, the cultural city and other identities.
Therefore, the task of succeeding Risma will be to bear a fairly large mandate. The reason is, Risma's success in building Surabaya will be a benchmark.
Political observer at Airlangga University Surabaya, Siti Aminah, said that no figure could match Risma's electability. The reason is, the figure of Risma has a distinctive and strong branding figure. In fact, both Eri Cahyadi and Machfud Arifin even joined in "nebeng" Risma's popularity for the Pilkada strategy.
According to Aminah Risma is a figure of a strong woman leader and has a strong maternal figure. "This is able to make Risma 'feel' close to the community and create personal branding as 'emak e suroboyo'. This will be absent from the two candidates for mayor of Surabaya in the upcoming elections," said Aminah when contacted by VOI.
Meanwhile, in terms of experience, the two candidates for mayor of Surabaya are balanced because they are both from government officials. "The potential for victory is also 50:50 because their claims are also from the grassroots," concluded Aminah. [/ Read_more]
Pilkada 2020The Regional Head Election or Pilkada 2020 will be special compared to other democratic parties. The 2020 Pilkada will go down in history because this democratic party was held when Indonesia was still in an emergency period for the spread of COVID-19.
To provide legal certainty regarding the implementation of health protocols in the implementation of the 2020 Pilkada, the government has issued General Election Commission (KPU) Regulation Number 6 of 2020 or PKPU No. 6/2020. The regulation contains rules for implementing health protocols at each stage of the Pilkada.
The KPU has also prepared a simulation of the voting process to counting votes at polling stations by implementing the COVID-19 prevention health protocol that involves the COVID-19 Handling Task Force. In its application, the KPU must prioritize the use of digital media in socialization or campaigns. In addition, the KPU also limits the face-to-face socialization participants and limits the number of masses who accompany the registration process for prospective pilkada participants to the KPU.
Apart from the organizers, political parties and prospective candidates who will attend the registration are also required to apply health protocols. One of its applications is the submission of registration documents for the candidate pair Pilkada which is regulated by Article 49 Paragraph (1) PKPU 6/2020.
The regulation stipulates that the documents submitted must be wrapped in a material that is resistant to liquid substances. Then before being accepted by the officer, the document was sprayed first with a disinfectant liquid.
Under the regulation, document receiving officers are required to wear personal protective equipment in the form of masks and disposable gloves. Other rules: limit the number of people in the room; crowd-making is prohibited; submission of documents must be spaced and queued; all parties brought their respective stationery; avoiding physical contact; provision of adequate sanitation facilities; and the room where the activities are kept clean.
Apart from the registration process, the campaign and voting will also be different from normal conditions. In the campaign process, the health protocol rules are listed in Articles 57-64.
What will feel the most different in the 2020 Pilkada is that candidate pairs must limit themselves to meeting the general public as much as possible. The regulation also regulates public discussions that must be held in broadcasting studios. Supporters are not allowed to attend these events.
To realize this regulation, the government has added a budget for the 2020 Pilkada. Based on data from the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) at the end of last August, the total regional election budget was Rp. 15.22 trillion. Meanwhile, the amount disbursed by the regional government was Rp. 12.01 trillion or 92.05 percent. So there is still 7.95 percent or Rp1.21 trillion that has not been disbursed.
This amount includes an additional budget as a cost to anticipate the spread of COVID-19. For the General Election Commission (KPU), the additional budget is IDR 4.7 trillion, Bawaslu IDR 478 billion, and the Honorary Board of Election Administrators (DKPP) IDR 39 billion, supported by the State Budget (APBN). [/ Read_more]
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