Mendes PDTT Supports Discourse On Long Term Of Office Of Village Head To 10 Years

Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Mendes PDTT) Abdul Halim Iskandar as a speaker at the Minister Lecture: Sustainable Village Development and Trans Modern Awakening for the Advancement of the Nation at the UGM Senate Hall, Yogyakarta

YOGYAKARTA - Minister of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration (Mendes PDTT) Abdul Halim Iskandar supports the discourse of increasing the term of office of the village head to 10 years in order to reduce opportunities for horizontal conflicts that arise during village head elections. which is quite harsh in the village because resolving conflicts or differences of opinion in the pilkades is much more difficult and longer than the pilbup (regent election)," said Abdul Halim when he was a speaker in "Minister Lecture: Sustainable Village Development and Trans Modern Awakening for the Advancement of the Nation" at the UGM Senate Hall, Yogyakarta, Thursday, May 19. Mendes said that the idea of increasing the village head's term of office from six years to 10 years was previously voiced by the village head himself. and we support that is how to make the term of office of the village head I'm not six years old. Of course, this will be a law," he said. Although it needs to be extended by 10 years, according to him, each village head will only have the opportunity to lead a maximum of two terms. According to Abdul Halim, the dynamics and risks of friction that arise during the Pilkades are higher than during the elections. regents/mayors as well as gubernatorial elections.

"We can see during the Pilkades, how crowded the polling stations are during vote counting hours. Much more crowded than during the election of regents and mayors. This is one thing that becomes our concern for the benefit of village development," he said. he welcomes different views regarding the length of the village head's term of office and thinks 10 years is too long. negotiable, there must be solutions," said the man who is often called Gus Minister.