Complaining Uncle Birin, South Kalimantan Cagub Denny Indrayana Makes Open Letter To President Jokowi

South Kalimantan Cagub Denny Indrayana

JAKARTA - Candidate for governor of South Kalimantan (Kalsel) Denny Indrayana wrote an open letter to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). Denny Indrayana is upset with allegations of money politics ahead of the re-voting (PSU) of the South Kalimantan Pilgub.

"Mr President, I am Denny Indrayana, a candidate for governor of South Kalimantan. Forgive me sending this letter to the President, in your capacity as Head of State. I am actually doing this as a last resort, because various other channels in our electoral system are not working or functioning as they should, "Denny Indrayana said in a video statement quoted by VOI, Friday, May 7.

Denny Indrayana explained that South Kalimantan Pilgub re-voted as a follow-up to the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK). PSU will be held on June 9.

"Of course we hope that the implementation of the PSU will run smoothly, especially be consistent in upholding the principles of honesty and fairness. Unfortunately, our permission to report Mr. President, the main principle of the election has been injured from the beginning. The COVID-19 aid was distorted with a picture of the then incumbent governor, Sahbirin Noor. Not only that, the COVID-19 hand washing water reservoir, house renovation and various provincial government programs were misused to help win the Candidate Candidate 1 (Sahbirin-Muhidin), "explained Denny Indrayana.

The former Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights reported to Jokowi about the attempt to report the alleged money politics to Bawaslu. But unfortunately, Denny Indrayana called this report not being followed up.

"Currently, ahead of the June 9 PSU, the most challenging thing is the rampant money politics. Starting from the massive distribution of baskets containing various necessities of life, the distribution of fish, vegetables, etc., and of course the distribution of money. Government officials are involved, from the RT level to higher levels, they are given a monthly salary during the PSU process, to collect data and collect citizen votes, "said Denny Indrayana.

Because of this condition, Denny Indrayana asked President Jokowi for special attention.

"This is the remaining step that I hope is still possible to bring change. We ask that there be more concrete preventive and action measures that can be encouraged by the President as the Head of State, to keep the PSU Pilgub South Kalimantan running honestly and fairly, "continued Denny.

Denny, who was paired with Difriadi Darjat, asked for state apparatus to be guarded in the field ahead of the re-voting.

"We believe, only with the state apparatus taking part in keeping the" dawn attack "from happening, the PSU Pilgub South Kalimantan which is honest and fair, still has hope. Thus, the people of South Kalimantan will prefer to vote based on the 'eye of the heart', not the 'currency', "said Denny Indrayana.

"That is our hope and this open letter, as part of our efforts as citizens who love Indonesia, and love honest and fair elections, without money politics, without fraudulent politics. We hope that the President will pay attention and grant our request, so that there will be state officials guarding the PSU for the South Kalimantan Pilgub, so that the money distribution process is not allowed to happen and injures the democratic process in our homeland, "said Denny Indrayana.