JAKARTA - A DPD member who was fired by the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo named Arya Wedakarna won the second most votes in the 2024 Regional Representative Council (DPD) Election in the Bali Province Election Area.
From the presentation of the Bali Province KPU, Arya Wedakarna won 378,300 votes, or below the first rank Ida Bagus Rai Dharmawijaya Mantra who received 494,698 votes.
"Thus, it can be accepted and ratified the recapitulation of vote count results for the Election of DPD RI Members for the Bali Election Area. Bismillah is valid," said Chairman of the Indonesian KPU Hasyim Asy'ari as quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, March 10. In the DPD Member Election in Bali, Chairman of the Bali Provincial KPU I Dewa Agung Gede Lidartawan said as many as 2,728,900 people who used their voting rights.
In the election for members of this legislature, valid ballots and invalid ballots are also 2,728,900. "Cocokan, yes, the ballot used is the same. Thus, can it be accepted?" said Hasyim. In the election of DPD members in the Bali Provincial Election, Arya Wedakarna is at number 17 in the ballot. The legislative candidate is listed under the name Shri I Gusti Ngurah Arya Wedakarna Mahendradatta Wedasteraputra Suyasa. Previously, President Joko Widodo signed a Presidential Decree (Keppres) on the Inauguration of the Interim Dismissal of Arya Wedakarna (AWK) as Member of the DPD RI for the 2019 2024 Term of the Election of the Province of Bali and as Member of the MPR for the 2019 2024 Term. According to the Coordinator of the Special Staff of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Ari Dwipayana, the Presidential Decree was signed by President Joko Widodo on February 22, 2024. The Presidential Decree was issued following up on the Letter of the Chairman of the DPD RI with Letter Number AD.04.00/0096/DPDRI/II/2024 dated February 6, 2024," he said via a short message. Arya Wedakarna (AWK) became a public spotlight after the video of his live broadcast was widely spread.
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In the video that was widely circulated, AWK requested that the visitors or frontliners at Ngurah Rai Airport be Balinese native sons/daughters, not wear head coverings. This was revealed by AWK when holding a meeting with the Indonesian DPD Committee 1 with the Ngurah Rai Airport staff, the Ngurah Rai Customs Regional Office, and other agencies at I Gusti Ngurah Rai Airport, Friday, December 29, 2023.
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