Jokowi's Son-in-law Bobby Defeats The Quick Count Version Of Akhyar, The Ministry Of Home Affairs Denies Interfering In The Medan Regional Election

Paslon Pilkada Medan Akhyar Nasution-Salman Alfarisi and Bobby Nasution-Aulia Rachman

JAKARTA - The Director General of Regional Autonomy (Dirjen Otda) of the Ministry of Home Affairs Akmal Malik denied that his party had given special treatment to the city of Medan in monitoring the implementation of the 2020 Pilkada.

It is known that one of the candidates for the mayor of Medan is the son-in-law of President Joko Widodo, namely Bobby Nasution.

"We are monitoring all regions that carry out the 2020 Pilkada. Not only certain areas," said Akmal at the Ministry of Home Affairs Office, Central Jakarta, Friday, December 11.

Akmal emphasized that the Ministry of Home Affairs' state civil apparatus (ASN), which monitors the implementation of the 2020 Pilkada voting, is working neutrally. The observer, said Akmal, was simply making sure that the voting until the vote count ran smoothly.

"So, there is no specificity, no special treatment. Everything is just monitoring and monitoring. There is Bawaslu, there are law enforcement officers who of course will supervise any parties who are not neutral," he said.

For information, the Head of Regional Performance Evaluation Section II, Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs, William previously said that his party had a duty as a monitoring team, especially the Pilkada in Medan City.

"Why do we focus on the election in Medan City, because in the Pilkada this time there is a candidate who is the son-in-law of the President. So we are given the mandate that there must be a Ministry of Home Affairs to monitor the election. Second, the level of voter participation in the Medan Pilkada also needs to be continuously improved. "William said on Tuesday, December 8.

Until finally the pilkada was running and the results of the quick count came out, the candidate for mayor of Medan Akhyar Nasution received 48 percent of the votes. Akhyar lost to Jokowi's son-in-law, Bobby Nasution.

Akhyar mentioned the interference of certain parties in the Medan Pilkada. Unfortunately Akhyar did not want to talk about the party he said was playing in the Medan Pilkada.

“We say that many invisible hands are playing, but we cannot state it directly. But we can feel it is very influential in playing in the Medan Pilkada, "said Akhyar.