2 Retired, 1 Pati Polri And Former Pangdam Placed By Jokowi As Acting Governor

Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media of the Presidential Secretariat as well as Acting Governor of West Java Bey Machmudin and Head of the Presidential Secretariat as well as Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono/DOK ANTARA

President Joko Widodo has decided a number of acting governors in a number of regions, including the Deputy for Protocol, Press and Media of the Presidential Secretariat (Setpres) Bey Machmudin as Acting Governor of West Java. "Yes, yes, yes, yesterday it was decided, President (Jokowi) led directly, (including) Mr. Bey," said Main Expert of the Presidential Staff Office (KSP) Ali Mochtar Ngabalin when contacted by reporters in Jakarta, Antara, Friday, September 1. The governor's decision to take office names was taken at the Final Appraisal Team (TPA) session to replace governors whose terms of office expire. According to Ngabalin, the governors will be sworn in in the near future by the interior minister on behalf of the president. Ngabalin said that the governors are expected to really work in the existing time and prepare the simultaneous election stages well in each province. It was recorded that the two names of Acting Governors who were placed by Jokowi were retired Police officers, one high-ranking officer and the former Pangdam.

In detail, Acting Governor of Central Java Nana Sudjana (Purnawirawan), Acting Governor of North Sumatra Hasanudin (Former Pangdam), Acting Governor of Bali Sang Made Mahendra Jaya (Purnawirawan). Furthermore, Acting Governor of Papua Ridwan Ruikutun, Acting Governor of East Nusa Tenggara Ayodhia Kalake, Acting Governor of West Nusa Tenggara Lalu Gita Ariadi, Acting Governor of West Kalimantan Harrison Azroi, Acting Governor of Southeast Sulawesi Andap Budhi (Pati Polri), and Acting Governor of South Sulawesi Bachtiar Baharuddin.