Minister Of Home Affairs Tito Also Replaced Acting Mayor Payakumbuh Who Should Have Ended In September 2024

Acting Mayor of Payakumbuh, Jasman was replaced by the Director of Synchronization of Regional Government Affairs II at the Directorate General of Regional Development of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Suprayitno. (ANTARA/Miko Elfisha)

JAKARTA - The Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) of the Republic of Indonesia, Muhammad Tito Karnavian decided to replace the Acting Mayor (Pj) of Payakumbuh and extend the position of Acting Regent of the Mentawai Islands. Head of the Government Bureau of the West Sumatra Provincial Secretariat, Doni Rahmat Samulo, said that the Decree (SK) of the Minister of Home Affairs regarding this replacement had been received by the West Sumatra Provincial Government (West Sumatra). Acting Mayor of Payakumbuh, Jasman, who was inaugurated on September 29, 2023, will be replaced by Ir. Suprayitno MA who is currently the Director of Synchronization of Regional Government Affairs II at the Directorate General of Regional Development of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Jasman should serve until September 2024 according to the Decree of the Minister of Home Affairs Number: 100.2.1-3738 of 2023 concerning the dismissal and appointment of acting Mayor of Payakumbuh, West Sumatra Province. However, according to Doni, according to his authority the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) can make replacements before his term ends. The same thing has also happened to the Acting Mayor of Sawahlunto, Zefnihan, who was replaced by the Minister of Home Affairs even though his term was not even a year. Different decisions were taken by the Minister of Home Affairs related to the term of Acting Regent of the Mentawai Islands, Fernando Jongguran Simanjuntak who was sworn in on May 24, 2023.

Doni said the Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian decided to extend the term of office of the Acting Regent of the Mentawai Islands, Fernando Jongguran Simanjuntak until the definitive regional head of the November 2024 Pilkada was inaugurated. "We have received these two decrees from the Ministry of Home Affairs. The plan is for the inauguration of the Acting Mayor of Payakumbuh to be held Monday 27 May. The handover of the decree for the extension of the position of Acting Regent of Mentawai was also carried out on the same day, but in different events," he said.