Many Criticisms Of Marshel Maju Rawalkot, Ex-Walkot Tangerang Airin: Let The People Choose

Former Mayor Of South Tangerang, Airin Rachmi Diany (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Former Mayor of South Tangerang, Airin Rachmi Diany, responded to the comics Marshel Widianto who was heavily criticized after running as a candidate for deputy mayor of South Tangerang. It is known that Marshel was officially promoted by the South Tangerang Gerindra Party DPC as the City Office accompanying the Chairman of the Gerindra Banten DPD, Andra Soni. Airin assessed that everyone has the right to participate in the 2024 Pilkada. The Golkar politician also handed over the right to vote to the public. "Everyone has the right to run in the contestation, let the people vote later," said Airin at the Golkar Party DPP, Slipi, West Jakarta, Sunday, June 23. Previously, the daily chairman of the Gerindra Party DPP Sufmi Dasco Ahmad confirmed that his party had chosen the comedian Marshel Widianto to run as a candidate for deputy mayor of South Tangerang. This assurance was revealed by Dasco while attending the gathering and consolidation with the Gerindra Cadre of South Tangerang City, Wednesday, June 19 evening.

"On this occasion, I reiterated the instructions that the candidate for governor of Banten, namely Andra Soni and the candidate for deputy mayor of South Tangerang, namely Marshel Widianto," Dasco explained via uploading an Instagram account quoted by VOI.ID, Thursday, June 20.

He even invited all Gerindra cadres to work together to win the candidates promoted by the party bearing the Garuda Bird's head symbol. According to him, the victory of Gerindra candidates in the 2024 Pilkada in November 2024 will help launch the development program carried out by the elected Indonesian president and vice president Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

"In the future, we must oversee the Prabowo-Gibran program so that it can be realized later in the interests of all Indonesian people," he wrote again.

The deputy chairman of the Indonesian House of Representatives called on all Gerindra cadres in Banten Province to solidly win the Regional Head Candidate to be promoted by the Gerindra Party.

"We must solidly fight to win the Candidate (regional head) which will be carried out by the Gerindra Party throughout Banten Province, so that Prabowo-Gibran programs can be carried out properly in accordance with the direction," he said.