South Tangerang Regional Election Debate: Benyamin's Strong Commitment To Anti-Corruption, Putri Ma'ruf Amin Wants World Class Cultured Citizens

Candidate pair for mayor-vice mayor of South Tangerang candidate number 3 Benyamin Davnie-Pilar Saga Ichsan

JAKARTA - The candidate pair for mayor and vice mayor of South Tangerang city number 3 Benyamin Davnie-Pilar Saga Ichsan affirms their commitment to anti-corruption. Benyamin emphasized that the work of the Tangsel City Government must comply with legal regulations

"We have a strong commitment to enforcing the law so that there are no gaps in corruption in Tangsel," said Benyamin Davnie in the Tangsel Pilkada debate which was broadcast live streaming, Thursday, December 3.

Benyamin, who is on leave as the deputy mayor of Tangsel, calls ASN an agent of change. ASN work programs must be IT-based.

"We have built WiFi points in public facilities both in mosques and libraries so that the dualism that we were worried about can be overcome and will never happen if we can apply the commitment to law and the use of IT simultaneously,"

Benjamin Davnie

Meanwhile, the deputy walkot candidate for Tangsel, Pilar, said that the title was good for the Tangsel City Government. The proof, public administration with a fair predicate without exception (WTP).

"We are becoming a role model for a city government that is open in public administration and finances," explained Pilar.

Meanwhile, the pair of candidates for mayor and deputy walkot of Tangsel number 2 Siti Nur Azizah-Ruhamaben emphasized the program to build a world-class community culture.

"If we talk about world-class culture, we will talk about Tangsel as a city that has diversity, diversity of potential and we will see how the city of Tangsel has social security, namely health education and also has public transportation that is affordable, safe, comfortable," said Azizah. .

Princess Ma'ruf Amin said that Tangsel is unique and must be encouraged by the principle of think globally, act locally.

"Think global and explore existing localities so that this can become a world-class culture,"

Siti Nur Azizah

Meanwhile, the deputy walkot candidate for Tangsel, Ruhamaben, emphasized that a public space must be built in Tangsel. Starting from pedestrians, bicycle paths to more parks.

"Building a world-class public culture, queuing culture, respecting others throwing trash and so on," said Ruhama.

About the 2020 South Tangerang Regional Election

The election for the Mayor of South Tangerang was so lively because it was followed by three couples who had links with national elite figures. Starting from the nephew of the Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto, Rahayu Saraswati Djojohadikusumo to the daughter of Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Siti Nur Azizah Ma'ruf. What made the South Tangerang Pilkada appear 'sexy' so that the political elite "went down the mountains"?

The city, which was inaugurated in 2008, shows its attractiveness. Even the capital city of the capital city of Jakarta is often mentioned as a reference for political parties to measure their electability on a bigger political stage.

The history of Tangsel's establishment is not without reason, quoting Kompas, this area was formed at the pressure of residents of Tangerang Regency who feel marginalized. Those who protested came from six regions including Ciputat, Pagedangan, Serpong, Pondok Aren, Casauk and Pamulang.

At that time, the residents of the suburbs of Tangerang Regency felt that they were not paid attention because they were far from the center of the Tangerang Regency government. Even though the Tangsel area at that time contributed around 30 percent of Tangerang Regency's revenue.

In addition, the attraction of Tangsel City is getting stronger with the plan to build digital clusters such as Silicon Valley in the United States. The tech giant Apple, for example, has founded the Apple Developer Academy in Tangsel. This institution is the first in Asia and the third in the world. This certainly opens up investment opportunities for major world companies in Indonesia.

In addition, South Tangerang Regional Original Revenue (PAD) in the third quarter of 2019, had reached 1.4 trillion rupiah. The PAD comes from local taxes, in the form of restaurant, entertainment, advertising, PBB, and BPHTB taxes. This income is the key to the success of the Tangsel City government in contributing revenue to the state.

From these facts, it is not surprising that South Tangerang is one of the most contested areas during the Pilkada. Some elites even had to "go down the mountain" to reap the votes in the region.