Mendagri Izinkan 12 Gubernur Kampanye Pemilu Legislatif
12 Governors in Indonesia have Permit to Participate in Legislative Election Campaigns
Reporter : Rizki Saleh
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani
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Jakarta (B2B) - Menteri Dalam Negeri Gamawan Fauzi mengatakan ada 12 gubernur dan wakil gubernur meminta izin cuti Fauzi untuk mengikuti kampanye Pemilu legislatif.
"Kepala daerah sudah ada 12 orang yang mengajukan permohonan izin cuti, dan semuanya sudah saya tanda tangani (berikan izin)," kata Gamawan di Jakarta, Kamis.
Kepala dan wakil kepala daerah, yang hendak mengikuti kampanye Pemilu pada hari kerja, wajib mengajukan permohonan cuti. Sedangkan bagi pejabat yang mengikuti kampanye pada hari libur cukup memberitahukan saja tanpa mengajukan cuti.
Mendagri menegaskan kepada seluruh pejabat negara di daerah untuk tidak memanfaatkan fasilitas negara dalam berkampanye.
Kepala Pusat Penerangan (Kapuspen) Kemendagri Didik Suprayitno menyebutkan gubernur yang meminta izin cuti kampanye tersebut antara lain Irwan Prayitno (Sumatera Barat), Alex Noerdin (Sumatera Selatan), Ahmad Heryawan (Jawa Barat) dan Soekarwo (Jawa Timur).
Selain itu ada pula Gubernur Nusa Tenggara Timur Frans Lebu Raya, Gubernur Kalimantan Barat Cornelis, Gubernur Kalimantan Selatan Rudi Arifin, Gubernur Sulawesi Tengah Longki Djanggola dan Gubernur Sulawesi Barat Anwar Adnan Saleh.
"Kalau wakilnya yang mengajukan cuti ada dua, Wagub Sulawesi Barat Aladin S. Mengga dan Wagub Sumatera Selatan Ishak Melki," kata Didik.
Jakarta (B2B) - At least 12 governors and deputy governors have requested for leave permit to participate in legislative election campaigns from March 16 and go on until April 5, according to Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi.
"They asked for leave permit and I have signed all their request letters," the minister clarified here on Thursday.
He explained that the regional heads that intended to participate in the election campaigns during weekdays were required to apply for leave of absence.
However, the minister warned the state officials in the regions against utilizing state facilities to stage their campaigns.
Meanwhile, Home Affairs Ministry Information Center spokesman Didik Suprayitno noted that the governors, who have asked for leave of absence, are among others, Irwan Prayitno of West Sumatra, Alex Noerdin of South Sumatra, Ahmad Heryawan of West Java, Soekarwo of East Java, Frans Lebu Raya of East Nusa Tenggara, Cornelis of West Kalimantan, Rudi Arifin of South Kalimantan, Longki Djanggola of Central Sulawesi, and Anwar Adnan Saleh of West Sulawesi.
"And the deputy governors are Aladin S. Mengga of West Sulawesi, and Ishak Melki of South Sumatra," Didik stated, adding that the governors and deputy governors are not allowed to take leave on the same days.
