Surabaya Pilkada Debate: Eri Cahyadi Shows His Award When Machfud Arifin 'Attacked' About Slum Areas

JAKARTA - Candidate for mayor of Surabaya candidate number 1, Eri Cahyadi shows off a series of successes of the Surabaya City Government in fixing the area. The former Head of the Surabaya City Development Planning Agency emphasized that the municipal administration's handling of the city has yielded results.

"Surabaya, based on data from the Directorate General of Human Settlements, is 0 percent slum, because slums are calculated with other factors, not just one direct eye view. Secondly, Surabaya has received Adipura Kencana 5 times in a row, "said Eri Cahyadi in the Surabaya Pilkada debate broadcast on Youtube KPU Surabaya, Wednesday, November 4.

He also explained about the international recognition of the success of the Surabaya City Government, one of which was the Lee Kwan Yew World City Prize. Surabaya received the award regarding a livable city.

"Surabaya received 30 international awards, 286 national awards. This shows, the data speaks, "said Eri who is paired with Armuji in the Surabaya Pilkada.

Meanwhile, the candidate for Surabaya mayor number 2, Machfud Arifin, said that he and the vice mayor of Mujiaman will make improvements to the villages.

"There are still many slum areas in Asemrowo river full of garbage, in Krembangan the same," said Machfud.

The habitable area, continued Machfud Arifin, must meet a number of criteria such as housing availability, water availability, public space and sanitation.

"In Surabaya there are still 100 thousand families who still don't have latrines, in the rivers there are still people defecating. If I become mayor I will clean it up, I assure you that there are no more people defecating in the river, ”said the former East Java Police Chief.