Lift Benhur Watubun As Chair Of The Maluku DPRD, The Plenary Meeting For The Dismissal Of Lucky Wattimury

Lucky Wattimury was held as chairman of the Maluku DPRD in a plenary meeting on November 11. (ANTARA/daniel/)

MALUKU - The Maluku Provincial DPRD held a plenary meeting to dismiss Lucky Wattimury as Chairman of the Maluku Provincial DPRD.

Lucky was replaced by the Secretary of the Maluku PDI-P DPD (PDIP), Benhur Watubun with the remaining term of office of the Chairperson of the Maluku DPRD 2022-2024.

"Regarding the proposal to dismiss the chairman of the Maluku DPRD, according to the rules and regulations in this legislature if other DPRD leaders report the proposal," said deputy chairman of the Maluku DPRD Melkianus Sairdekut in a plenary meeting of the Maluku DPRD in Ambon, quoted from Antara, Friday 11 November.

In the process of changing, the Maluku PDIP DPD has sent Letter No 119 regarding the submission of the name of the Maluku DPRD Chair dated November 7, 2022.

The letter contains the release of Lucky Wattimury from his position as chairman of the Maluku DPRD for the 2019-2024 period, which is a follow-up to the PDIP DPP decision number 271/KPP/DPP/X/2022 dated October 7, 2022.

Furthermore, in the DPRD's rules and regulations in the Maluku DPRD Regulation Number 1 of 2020, it is also emphasized that the dismissal of the chairman of the DPRD is determined through a decision in a plenary meeting.

According to him, the decision of the Maluku DPRD will be forwarded to the Minister of Home Affairs through the Governor of Maluku to be processed for seven days, so that Melkianus Sairdekut is appointed as chairman of the interim DPRD until the Minister of Home Affairs Decree is issued regarding the appointment of the new chairman of the DRPD.

Meanwhile, the Secretary of the Maluku DPRD, Bodewyn M. Wattimena, in the plenary meeting read out a decree regarding the dismissal of Lucky Wattimury as chairman of the Maluku DPRD and the candidate for chairman of the local DPRD, Benhur Watubun.

Previously, Lucky Wattimury asked for a plenary meeting to replace the chairman of the DPRD to be accelerated so that all DPRD agendas could run well.

"The process of proposing the replacement of the chairman of the Maluku Provincial DPRD, which was previously held by me, was replaced with Benhur Watubun's brother and this was after the PDIP DPP issued a decree to replace the chairman of the Maluku Provincial DPRD," he said.

In accordance with the PDIP DPP Decree which he received on November 8, 2022, regarding the proposed replacement of the Maluku DPRD chairman, he immediately coordinated with the DPRD leadership since Wednesday, November 9.