For The Sake Of The Pilkades On Time, The Regent Of Landak Asks 98 Candidates For Active Village Heads To Ask

The Regent of Landak, Karolin, opened the socialization of the Pilkades simultaneously in his office. (Special)

KALBAR - The Regent of Landak, Karolin Margret Natasa, asked all active village head candidates to ask about the unknown stages of village head elections (pilkades).

Karolin's request was made during a simultaneous village head election socialization and technical guidance on managing village assets for the village government in 2022 at the Landak Regent's Office Hall, Wednesday 11 May.

"I ask the village head to actively ask questions related to the election stages, especially for the incumbent village head," said Karolin.

Pilkades in West Kalimantan (West Kalimantan) is for 98 villages and will be held this year. In addition to the stages, Karolin hopes that the candidate for village head will actively ask questions about the LPJ and others so that the election will be held on time.

"Moreover, the nomination requirements must be considered, don't let this incumbent want a candidate but don't know the conditions, for example the LPJ must be in order. Because based on existing experience, participating in the Pilkades but LPJ has not been done, lost the Pilkades and then the LPJ was not made so things like This is what will be dangerous and can be investigated by the Prosecutor's Office and the police," he said.

In the same place, member of the DPR RI Commission II for the West Kalimantan Dapil I Cornelis who was present for the socialization of Law Number 7 of 2017 said that to be involved in the general election, of course, general requirements were needed.

"I also ask to encourage citizens to take the KPU and Bawaslu tests. Well, to take this test, of course there is a condition, namely an ID card, because this ID card is very important in the election stage, therefore I ask all sub-district heads and village heads to oblige their citizens to have them so that they are recorded in the election process. voter data," said Cornelis.

Meanwhile, Head of the Community Empowerment and Village Administration (DPMPD) Landak Mardimo in his report said that the 2022 Pilkades refers to Permendagri number 72 of 2020 concerning the second amendment to Permendagri number 112 of 2014 concerning Village Head Elections.

"This year there will be 98 villages that will carry out the Pilkades simultaneously, spread across 13 sub-districts," said Mardimo.

He explained, these 98 villages are located in 13 sub-districts, namely Ngabang District 4 Villages, Sengah Temila 2 Villages, Jelimpo 3 Villages, Mempawah Hulu 11 Villages, Foreman 13 Villages, Weaving 4 Villages, Sebangki 1 Village, Menyuke 15 Villages, Air Besar 16 Villages, Kuala Behe 11 villages, Meranti 5 villages, Banyuke Hulu 6 villages, and Sompak 7 villages.