YOGYAKARTA Some people may want to know the figure of the Regent of Meranti, Muhammad Adil, who made a controversial statement by calling employees of the Ministry of Finance a demon and a devil. The video clip of Adil's statement went viral on social media.

This statement is a form of disappointment between Muhammad Adil and the Ministry of Finance regarding Oil and Gas Revenue Sharing Funds (DBH) which he considers unfair.

Muhammadi Adil explained that in 2022, Meranti Regency received DBH of Rp. 114 billion with a calculation of oil prices of 60 US dollars per barrel. Then, in the discussion of the 2023 APBD according to President Jokowi's speech, world oil prices rose to 100 US dollars per barrel.

"But why has our oil increased, the lifting has increased, the money is getting less. How about the calculation of the assumption, how come it only increased by Rp. 700 million," said Muhammad Adil at the National Coordination Meeting (Rakornas) for Regional Revenue and Expenditure Management throughout Indonesia, which was held at the Merdu Dang Tower. Bank Riau Riau Riau Kepri Syariah Pekanbaru, Thursday, December 8, 2022, quoted from the official website of the Meranti Regency Government.

The Regent of Meranti added that in 2022 there will be 13 wells drilled and in the coming year it will increase to 19 wells. "It is targeted that production will reach 9,000 barrels per day, and this is a significant increase," he said.

Muhammad Adil also criticized the 2022 General Allocation Fund (DAU) in which there is no budget for the salaries of Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK) in Meranti.

"This should be the central responsibility, but instead it is the responsibility of the district government," said Adil.

Muhammad Adil was born in Alah Air, Riau on April 18, 1972. He was inaugurated as Regent of Meranti on Friday, February 26, 2021.

Adil has a high flight hours in the world of politics. His political career began with running for village head however, failing to win the election contestation.

Despite failing to be elected as village head, Adil managed to advance as a member of the DPRD and was even elected for two consecutive terms.

Adil was noted to have been a legislator at the provincial level for two terms. The first period, he served as DPR of Riau Province from 2014 to 2018. While the second period was in 2019-2020.

In the second period, Adil only served as a member of the Riau Provincial DPRD for one year because he chose to run for the candidate for the Regent of the Meranti Islands in the 2020 Pilkada for the 2021-2024 term.

Quoted by VOI from Antara, Monday, December 12, 2022, in the 2020 Pilkada, Adil, who was paired with a retired police officer, AKBP (Ret.) Asmar, won a landslide victory in nine sub-districts in Meranti Islands Regency.

In the Pilkada, Adil-Asmar won 37,116 votes. This pair defeated three pairs of candidates from the bureaucrats of the Meranti Islands Regency Government.

Recently, news emerged that Adil had left the PKB and joined the PDI-P.

Muhammad Adil is an alumnus of Lancang Kuning University in Pekanbaru. He got a bachelor's degree at the university in 2007.

Adil then continued his master's degree at the same college in 2022.

In addition to plunging into politics, Muhammad Adil is also active in organization. He served as General Chair of FORKI Meranti Islands Regency in the 2010-2014 period and Chairman of the Advisory Council of the NU Bachelors Association of Meranti Islands Regency for the 2018-2022 period.

This is information about the figure of the Regent of Meranti Muhammad Adil who referred to the Ministry of Finance employees as demons and demons.


The English, Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, and French versions are automatically generated by the AI. So there may still be inaccuracies in translating, please always see Indonesian as our main language. (system supported by DigitalSiber.id)