Ridwan Kamil Prepares Dedi Taufik, Iip Hidajat And Ivan Dicksan To Become Candidates For Acting Mayor Of Tasikmalaya

Governor of West Java (Jabar) M Ridwan Kamil. BETWEEN/HO-Humas West Java Regional Government

West Java (Jabar) Governor M Ridwan Kamil has prepared three candidates for acting (Pj) for the Mayor of Tasikmalaya considering that the term of office of Mayor Muhammad Yusuf will end on November 14, 2022. The three names proposed to be Acting Mayor of Tasikmalaya are Dedi Taufik (Head of the West Java Regional Revenue Agency), Iip Hidajat (Head of the National and Political Unity Agency (Bakesbangpol) and Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Tasikmalaya City, Ivan Dicksan. "It is the Minister of Home Affairs' business to decide. Our responsibility is only three names and that is what is approved by the Tasikmalaya City DPRD," said Ridwan Kamil in Bandung, quoted from Antara, Tuesday, November 8. When asked about the three names having received approval from various parties, Ridwan Kamil admitted that the West Java Provincial Government only has the authority to propose the name of the Acting Officer. As for the decision of who will later become the Acting Mayor of Tasikmalaya, it is the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri). Previously, the Mayor of Tasikmalaya, Muhamad Yusuf, said that the name of the acting mayor of Tasikmalaya was the mechanism proposed by the Governor of West Java to the Minister of Home Affairs to decide on one of the names. "The decision is with the Governor who will propose to the Minister of Home Affairs, there are already three names in the Governor," he said. Yusuf said that his position was only one month left, then he would be replaced by the Acting Mayor of Tasikmalaya. The leader of Tasikmalaya City, said Yusuf, will of course continue the development program that has been running and is getting better. "It's only one month left, the Acting will continue," said Yusuf.