TEMANGGUNG - A total of 107 village head candidates (kades) in the 2022 Simultaneous Village Head Elections (Pilkades) in Temanggung Regency, Central Java, made a peace declaration today.
The ceremony for the deployment of troops and the Declaration of Peace for the 2022 Simultaneous Pilkades took place in Temanggung Square led by the Regent of Temanggung M. Al Khadziq and was attended by members of the TNI, Polri, Satpol PP, and Pilkades participants.
In his speech, Khadziq said that the Pilkades was the implementation of the sovereignty of the village people in voting for the village, with a direct, general, free, confidential, honest and fair nature.
He explained that the Pilkades aims to produce an elected village head who is qualified and in accordance with community expectations to lead the village administration in Temanggung Regency for the next six years. In addition, the Pilkades also aims to produce a trustworthy village head.
"God willing, if the Pilkades are good and honest, they will produce leaders who are trustworthy. Therefore, during this simultaneous pilkades stage, uphold democratic sportsmanship, enforce rules, avoid money politics and improper methods and fraudulent actions during elections, " he said during the declaration, Antara, Thursday, June 23.
The success of the Pilkades implementation is also largely determined by the cooperation and coordination of all parties, including the candidate for the village head, the committee, and the security forces. Khadziq invited the village head candidates and the community to maintain the implementation of the village head election so that it was carried out properly according to the rules.
"There should be no attempt to provide hoax information that has the potential to cause friction and divide. Win or lose, you must be relieved if there are problems, coordinate with related parties," he appealed.
Meanwhile, the Head of the Temanggung Regency Community and Village Empowerment Service, Gema Artisti, said that as many as 107 village heads were running in the Simultaneous Pilkades which were held in 37 villages and 14 sub-districts on June 30.
He said that initially there were 122 registrants, but after the administrative selection there were 109 people who passed.
"Furthermore, out of the 109 candidates for village head, two who did not pass the competency test, so that as many as 107 people were appointed as candidates for village head," he said.
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