Hari Ini Kulon Progo Gelar Pilkada

KULON PROGO, KOMPAS.com — Hari ini, Minggu (19/6/2011), Kabupaten Kulon Progo, DI Yogyakarta, menggelar pemilihan kepala daerah (pilkada). Pilkada kali ini dilaksanakan serentak di 937 tempat pemungutan suara (TPS), dua di antaranya TPS khusus, di rutan dan rumah sakit.

Pilkada Kulon Progo diikuti empat pasang calon bupati dan wakil bupati. Nomor urut 1 Sarwidi-Hartikah (Sartika) yang diusung oleh Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa (PKB). Pada nomor urut 2, pasangan Mulyono-Ahmad Sumiyanto (Noto), diusung koalisi Partai Demokrat dan Partai Keadilan Sejahtera. Sedangkan pada nomor urut 3, pasangan Suprapta-So'im (Prakoso) yang diusung Partai Golkar, Gerindra, PDK, PKPB, dan PKNU. Terakhir nomor urut 4 pasangan Hasto Wardoyo-Sutedjo (Sehat) yang diusung koalisi PDIP, PAN, dan PPP.

Sebelum menuju pilkada, empat pasangan calon ini telah menggelar kampanye. Termasuk penyampaian visi dan misi di hadapan DPRD, hingga debat kandidat calon.

"Hari ini kita gelar pilkada serentak dan kebutuhan logistik sudah terdistribusi kemarin," jelas Ketua KPUD Siti Ghoniyatun.

Kendati diikuti delapan calon, hanya lima orang yang memiliki hak pilihnya. Tiga orang di antaranya tidak memiliki hak pilih karena tinggal di luar Kulon Progo. Sarwidi mencoblos di TPS 14 Ponces, Purwosari, Kecamatan Girimulyo. Mulyono di TPS 16 Kedungpring Giripeni Wates. Suprapta, di TPS 6 Sambeng, Hargotrito Kokap, Soim di TPS 3 Kaligintung, Temon dan Sutedjo di TPS 1 Temanggal, Wijimulyo Nanggulan.

Bupati Kulon Progo Toyo Santoso Dipo berharap masyarakat menggunakan hak pilihnya. Siapa pun pasangan yang menang harus bisa mengakomodir kepentingan masyarakat. Karena kemenangan itu adalah kemenangan bersama.

"Semoga bisa membawa perubahan ke arah yang lebih baik," tegasnya. Bupati sendiri menggunakan TPS 2 Terbah, Wates.

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Today Kulon Progo Implement The Election

Kulon Progo, KOMPAS.com - Today, Sunday (06/19/2011), Kabupaten Kulon Progo, DI Yogyakarta, holding local elections (elections). Election time is carried out simultaneously in 937 polling stations (TPS), two of whom special polling stations, in prisons and hospitals.

Election Kulon Progo followed by four pairs of candidates for regent and deputy regent. Number 1 Sarwidi-Hartikah (Sartika) promoted by the National Awakening Party (PKB). In the sequence number 2, the pair-Ahmad Mulyono Sumiyanto (Noto), carried the Democratic coalition and the Prosperous Justice Party. While the serial number 3, the pair-So'im Suprapta (Carey) who carried the Golkar Party, Gerindra, PDK, PKPB, and PKNU. Last sequence number 4 mate-Sutedjo Hasto Wardoyo (Healthy) promoted by a coalition of PDIP, PAN, and PPP.

Prior to the election, four candidates have held a campaign. Including the delivery of the vision and mission in front of parliament, until the candidates debate.

"Today we title simultaneous elections and logistical needs are distributed yesterday," explained Chairman of the Election Commission Siti Ghoniyatun.

Although the eight candidates, only five people who have their voting rights. Three of them do not have the right to vote because they live outside of Kulon Progo. Sarwidi vote at polling station 14 Ponces, Purwosari, District Girimulyo. Mulyono in TPS 16 Kedungpring Giripeni Wates. Suprapta, in TPS 6 Sambeng, Hargotrito Kokap, Soim in TPS 3 Kaligintung, Temon and Sutedjo in TPS 1 Temanggal, Wijimulyo Nanggulan.

Regent Kulon Progo Toyo Santoso Dipo hope people use their voting rights. Whoever wins the couple should be able to accommodate the interests of society. Since that victory is the victory together.

"Hope can bring change for the better," he said. Regent own use TPS 2 Terbah, Wates.