Medan Pilkada Debate: Here's Akhyar Nasution's Response Shown Video Of Medan's 'Tax' Market, Muddy-chaotic

Market conditions in Medan where the video is shown in the Medan Pilkada debate (Youtube KPU Medan)

MEDAN - Candidate for mayor of Medan serial number 1 Akhyar Nasution responded to a video of market conditions, aka taxes in Medan terms, during the debate session on the Medan Regional Election Akhyar, who is on leave for the regional election from the last position of Plt Mayor of Medan, said that improvements to the market in Medan are continuing.

"The first program is the market, we will fix the damaged taxes. Second, add new taxes in new locations because the taxes have so far been over capacity. So we have to develop taxes from population centers so that people do not shop too far, "said Akhyar Nasution in the Medan Pilkada debate broadcast on YouTube KPU Medan, Monday, November 21.

In the video played at the Pilkada debate, a number of chaotic, muddy traditional markets are shown. The video shows were Belawan Market, Simpang Limun Market, Sukaramai Market, and Petisah Market.

Akhyar, who is paired with Salman Alfarisi in the Medan Regional Election, mentioned the need for changes in behavior patterns. He hopes that traders will want to sell in the market, aka taxes.

"Traditional tax is our economic icon, we maintain traditional tax and continue to allocate the budget. All taxes built by the APBD are free, display in Kampung Lalang is free, so there are no rental fees except for levies and operations. We have been doing this, ladies and gentlemen, so that this tax is our dream, we are all proud, "said Akhyar.

Meanwhile, candidate number 2 for mayor Bobby Nasution gave an overview of the program related to videos of slum settlement conditions. According to him, this condition is indeed happening in Medan City.

"We also found this field. In Medan Denai, this 78-year-old grandmother with a very, very uninhabitable house condition. Grandmother accidentally leaked the roof to collect rainwater and can be used as drinking water, this is very risky but no one from the City Government has provided assistance, ”said Bobby in the Medan Pilkada debate.

There is also the condition of residents who do not have ID cards and BPJS and live in apprehension in Lalang Village, Sunggal.

"Even though the distance from his house is only 100 meters from the urban village office, this is a problem we found," continued the son-in-law of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).

Bobby, who is paired with Aulia Rachman in the Medan Regional Election, promised to carry out a house renovation program. Meanwhile, residents on the riverbank were also educated not to litter.

"People on the riverbank we provide education about the river to be the front page. We fix the river to become a front yard so that no Medan people throw garbage into the river. This increases the standard of living because of cleanliness, ”said Bobby Nasution.