Of The 24 Candidates For DPD Electoral District Of NTB, 7 Candidates Don't Meet Support Distribution Requirements

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West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) KPU chairman Suhardi Soud said as many as 7 candidates for the NTB electoral district (dapil) DPD were declared ineligible.

This is known from the results of the NTB KPU factual verification carried out on 24 prospective NTB DPD members. The 7 prospective candidates do not meet the requirements both in terms of the number and distribution of their support.

"Meanwhile, the other seven candidates for DPD have not met the requirements," said Suhardi after the 'Faktual Verification Open Pleno Meeting for DPD Candidates, Wednesday, March 1, was confiscated by Antara.

Suhardi explained that the remaining 17 candidates for DPD members who were declared eligible were Achmad Sukisman Azmy, Evi Apita Maya, Nurhaidah, Ibnu Halil, Lalu Gede Muhammad Ali Wirasakti Amir Murni.

Then, Then Rudy Irham Srigede, Lalu Suhaimi Ismy, Marijuana Grace Wenas, Mirah Midadan Fahmid, Muh Rifki Farabi, Muhir, Mulyadi, Nurdin Ranggabarani, Ridwan Hidayat, Sabolas, Tauhid Rifa'i, and Zaini Arony.

"Meanwhile, the candidates for DPD who have not met the requirements are Ahmad Turmuzi, Jamhari Latif, Maskahyangan, Muhaimin Yahya Mutawalli, Musa Shofiandy, Sa'adatul Hayati Putri, and Subuhunnuri," explained Suhardi Soud.

Suhardi revealed that the cause of the 7 prospective DPD members who have not met this requirement is because the number of projections for their support is under the conditions of at least 2,000 support even though the distribution is the same and more than five districts and cities in NTB.

However, Suhardi said that prospective DPD candidates who did not meet the requirements were still given the opportunity to improve their support again.

"The distribution has met the minimum requirements. So just focus on the amount of support that will be left for improvement," he said.

"If necessary, two or three times the support of the number of shortfalls," he said.

Meanwhile, the schedule for repairs and submission of support for the second minimum voter improvement starts from March 2-11, 2023. Then it is followed by the second administrative verification for repairs on March 12-21, 2023.

Meanwhile, the second factual support verification will be carried out from March 26 to April 8, 2023.