JAKARTA - Two married couples in two villages in Kudus Regency, Central Java are confirmed to be competing in the simultaneous village head elections (pilkades) in the local area which will be held on March 31, 2022.
"A husband and wife are competing in the 2022 Pilkades, namely in Ternadi Village (Dawe District) and Hadiwarno Village (Mejobo District)," said Head of the Village Empowerment Division of the Community and Village Empowerment Service (PMD) of Kudus Regency, Dian Noor Tamzis, in Kudus, Friday 18 March.
He revealed that there were seven villages that held the Pilkades simultaneously, including Undaan Lor Village (Undaan District), Kaliputu and Langgardalem Villages (City District), Hadiwarno and Mejobo Villages (Mejobo District), Ternadi Village (Dawe District), and Loram Kulon Village (District). Jati District). Meanwhile, the election for the village head of Kirig is an inter-temporal Pilkades with three candidates.
While the number of candidates is 22 people, including Undaan Lor Village (Undaan District) there are four candidates, Kaliputu Village and Langgardalem (City District) each have three candidates, Hadiwarno Village and Mejobo (Mejobo District) each have three candidates, then Ternadi Village (Dawe District) has three candidates, and Loram Wetan Village (Teak District) has three candidates.
As for the husband and wife who competed, namely in Ternadi Village, there were three candidates, namely Arik Wahono with his wife Zulaichah, and Sucipto. Meanwhile, in Hadiwarno Village, the number of candidates is the same, namely husband and wife Rokhani and Ngatminah, and Sugiyarto.
A husband and wife who fought in the Pilkades on March 30, 2022, he said, were indeed allowed because they did not violate applicable regulations.
"Even if there is a candidate who resigns openly, of course it does not disqualify himself as a candidate. However, when he gets a vote, his vote is considered invalid," he said again quoted from Antara.
Zulaichah, one of the candidates for the village head of Ternadi confirmed that she was in the same clothes as her husband Arik Wahono.
Nevertheless, he has aspirations that when he is trusted to become a village head, he will improve the quality of service to the community, and wants to build Ternadi Village to be more advanced than before.
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