Regarding The Substitute For Cagub Benny Laos Died In A Ship Fire, KPU Waits For The Political Party Coalition

The speeboat fire killed the North Maluku cagub Benny Laos on Taliabu Island, North Maluku, Saturday, October 12. (ANTARA)

The General Election Commission (KPU) of North Maluku Province (Malut) is waiting for a proposal from a candidate pair through a litison officer (LO) or coalition of political parties (parpol) to propose a replacement for Candidate Governor (Cagub) Benny Laos who died during a campaign in Taliabu Island Regency.

The commissioner of the North Maluku KPU, Reni Sarifuddin Banjar said, based on the provisions, the KPU would wait for the coalition of political parties proposing the Benny Laos-Sarbin Sehe pair to give an official notification about the death of the candidate as evidenced by the death certificate to the KPU for replacement of candidate pair number 4.

"We have held a plenary meeting to discuss the death of Cagub Benny Laos and in accordance with the provisions stipulated through KPU Regulation (PKPU) Number 8 of 2024 concerning candidacy, indeed regulating the change of candidates if there are candidates who are permanently unable or like death," he said when contacted, Sunday, October 13, was confiscated by Antara.

Moreover, according to the provisions, the process of changing the KPU will carry out the replacement process and determine it by the KPU's decision based on the proposal from the supporting political party.

According to him, according to the rules stipulated in the PKPU article 127 number 8 of 2024, the KPU will wait for the proposal of a political party, whether the proposal for the Governor's Decree number 4 Sarbin Sehe is proposed to be a Cagub, or there are other options by proposing other candidates to be cagub or cawagub to accompany Sarbin has been regulated.

So, said Reni, the North Maluku KPU will conduct an administrative examination and research on all the required documents for the replacement candidates received, starting from court certificates to SKCK and of course they will be consulted with the KPU-RI.

For this reason, starting from the time they receive an official notification, political parties and or coalitions of coalition political parties can propose a replacement of their governorial candidates. The KPU is also given no later than 30 days to process the replacement of the candidate for governor.

Therefore, the KPU will wait for the proposed replacement of the North Maluku Cagub number 4 starting until the deadline for October 27, 2024.

As is known, the North Maluku KPU has determined four pairs of candidates (paslon) to advance in the Pilkada Pilkada for the Governor and Deputy Governor of North Maluku simultaneously in 2024.

The candidate pair who fought in the North Maluku regional election was number 1 Husain Alting Sjah-Asrul Iksan Rasyid, serial number 2 Aliong Mus-Sahril Thair, serial number 3 Muhammad Kasuba-Basri Salama and serial number 4 Benny Laos-Sarbin Sehe.

As reported by Cagub Malut Benny Laos, he died when the speedboat he was traveling in caught fire with a group in Bobong, Taliabu Island Regency on Saturday (12/10/2024) with 33 people and six people dead.