Village Head Registering For Candidates In 2024 Proposed To Be Audited By Wealth

PRAYA - The Department of Community and Village Empowerment (DPMD) of Central Lombok Regency, West Nusa Tenggara stated that the village head (kades) who is a legislative candidate (Caleg) for the 2024 General Election is proposed to be audited by the Inspectorate for the management of village funds (DD) and Village Fund Allocation (ADD).

"The village head who runs for legislative candidates is proposed to conduct an audit of the management of village finances that have been implemented, so that there will be no problems in the future," said Head of DPMD Central Lombok, Lalu Rinjani, quoted by ANTARA, Monday, June 5.

It is important to carry out the audit before ensuring that the funds provided are managed in accordance with the regulations, so that there are no findings of state losses.

"If there are no findings, the village head who is Nyaleg will be safe," he said.

He said, although there was information that several hang village heads had advanced to become legislative candidates for members of the Central Lombok DPRD, so far no village head has submitted a letter of resignation.

"We have not received the resignation letter for the village head who has advanced as a legislative candidate," he said.

He said, in terms of village heads, BPD members or village officials running for legislative candidates, according to the provisions in Government Regulation 32 of 2018, there are several things that need attention, namely the Village Head, BPD and Village Apparatus must submit a letter of resignation.

"The village head and BPD submitted a letter of resignation to BPD and village officials submitting their resignation to the village head," he said.

BPB continued the resignation of the village head to the regent through the sub-district head and the resignation letter could not be withdrawn.

"This means that if you have submitted your resignation, the resignation letter will be processed according to the stages based on the applicable regulations," he said.

This stage will certainly be adjusted to the stages of implementing legislative elections in accordance with the provisions of PKPU Number 10 of 2023.

The stage in question is the stage of verification of the administrative documents for the requirements for prospective candidates which will be held from May 15 to June 23, 2023.

"Then the stage of Announcement of the Permanent Candidates List is November 4, 2023," he said.

At the verification stage, to find out whether or not the Village Head, BPD members or Village Apparatus who are running for themselves have actually made a letter of resignation and have been received by the relevant parties.

After it is clear that there is a letter of resignation from the verification results, the Central Lombok Regency government will immediately process the dismissal in question.

"The stage of DCT's announcement is the date of the SK regarding the dismissal of village heads, BPD and Nyaleg village officials," he said.