Pros And Cons Proposed Debates For Candidates For Mayor And Deputy Mayor Of Singkawang To Be Carried Out In Jakarta

Singkawang KPU member, Ayu Gintari (ANTARA)

The proposal from the candidate pair for Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Singkawang regarding the location of the public debate held in Jakarta on November 14, 2024 is being considered by the General Election Commission (KPU) of Singkawang City, West Kalimantan.

"It's just that we are still considering proposals and input from each candidate pair team regarding the location of the public debate. And the results of the coordination meeting last Thursday, October 17, as is known from the proposals of each candidate pair team to want a public debate location in Singkawang City," said Singkawang KPU member, Ayu Gintari in Singkawang, Friday, October 18.

Ayu said that the purpose of this public debate was to disseminate the profile, vision and mission, as well as the program of each candidate pair to the Singkawang community.

"With the increasing amount of information received by the public regarding candidate pairs, it is also hoped that it will increase voter participation in the Singkawang City Pilkada," he said as quoted by ANTARA.

He added, so that the location of the debate there are two options that can be held in Singkawang or Jakarta. Representative of the candidate pair 1 campaign team (Abdul Muthalib-Irwan), Iskandar said, he would follow the proposals and stipulations of the Singkawang KPU.

"That's all we can say, what is the decision of the Singkawang KPU we will join," he said.

Meanwhile, representatives of the candidate pair 2 campaign team (Tjhai Chui Mie-Muhammadin), Yuen said that the candidate pair 2 wanted an inter-paslon debate to be held in Singkawang City.

"Because the pilkada fee from the Singkawang Regional Budget is appropriate, it should be done in Singkawang City," he said.

Regarding the security factor so that there is a plan for the location of the candidate pair debate in Jakarta, his party does not agree.

"Regarding security factors, it seems that there is no reason, but if the Singkawang KPU still wants the candidate pairing debate to be held in Jakarta, then we from the candidate pair team state that our candidate pair will withdraw from participating in the candidate pair's public debate," he said.

Meanwhile, the candidate pair 3 campaign team (Andi Syarif-Yusnita) represented by M Abdurrahman said that the location of the public debate should be held in Singkawang City.

"Because this regional election is the Singkawang regional election, it should be done in Singkawang City," he said.

The results of this coordination meeting will be brought back to be re-beaten up by Singkawang KPU members for discussion, for the results later KPU Singkawang will recall the campaign teams of each candidate pair.