A Total Of 8 Incumbents Of Village Head Fall In Pilkades Simultaneously Return Home From Knife, Central Kalimantan

Pulang Pisau Regent Pudjirustaty Narang looks closely at the implementation of the village head election at a polling station in Maliku District,

PULAU PISANG - Eight of the 12 incumbent village head candidates fell in the 2022 Village Head Election (Pilkades) in 20 villages, Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan. Pilkades will be held on Wednesday, 18 May.

Those who lost in the village elections were Tahawa Village, Purwodadi, Tahai Baru, New Maliku, Gandang Barat, Sebangau Mulya, Mekar Jaya, and Sebangau Jaya.

"I hope that this Pilkades will produce an elected village head who is able to carry out the mandate," said Pulang Pisau Regent Pudjirustaty Narang in Pulang Pisau, Thursday, May 19.

Based on data from the Village Community Empowerment Service (DPMD), the following were selected village head candidates from 20 villages spread across five sub-districts out of 52 village head candidates who were running in the 2022 Pilkades.

For Mentaren II Village, Hilir District, the elected village head candidate is Supardi, then the elected village head candidate in Barania Penda Village (Central Kahayan District) is Samson. Next is Bukit Liti Heri Tuah Village, Bahu Palawa Fordecun Village, Bamba Aryanto Hill Village, and Tahawa Berson Village.

In Purwodadi Village, Maliku Subdistrict, Lusiam Mahrani, Tahai Baru Suratman Village, Maliku Baru Katirun Village, Sidodadi Sulistyo Riadi Village, Kanamit Jaya Sumantri Village, and Gandang Barat Kasmat Village.

Furthermore, Sebangau Kuala Subdistrict, Paduran Mulya Village, namely Hendra, Sebangau Mulya Sarna Village, Sebangau Permai Tirto Pramono Village, Mekar Jaya Hasanudin Village, Sebangau Jaya Eko Rimbat Village, and Sei Hambawang Dawarta Village. Then Pandih Batu Subdistrict, Dandang Village, namely Misransyah and Mulyasari Legiman Village.

"All elected village heads must be able to carry out their mandate," said Pudjirustaty.

Pudjirustaty, who closely watched the implementation of the village head elections in Maliku and Pandih Batu sub-districts together with local forkopimda elements, reminded the elected and non-elected village heads to always maintain a conducive situation with the community.

He asked the community to unite again and not to cause divisions due to the Pilkades which are only part of democracy in the village.

"Elected or not, all village head candidates must have one goal, namely to build a more advanced village so that all communities in the village must support each other and build a spirit of togetherness," said Pudjirustaty.