The Debate of the Bireuen Regent and Deputy Regent Candidates Runs Successfully.

The candidate debate activity that presented three pairs of Bireuen regent and deputy regent candidates, Monday, 11/18/2024 evening, took place at Wisma Bireuen Jaya and was a success.

Since 19.00 WIB, guests have been arriving at the Wisma, as well as security forces from various units who were also present to secure and check guests who were going to enter.

Approaching 20.00 WIB, three pairs of Bireuen Regent and Deputy Regent candidates along with their supporters arrived at the debate location. The three candidate pairs, namely Murdani Yusuf SE- Abdul Muhaimin SSos, H Husaini M Amin - Husaini and candidate pair H Mukhlis ST- Ir H Razuardi MT were present with their teams.

The public debate presented panelist Prof. Dr. Apridar SE MSi who currently serves as the Chancellor of UNIKI Bireuen. Then Dr. Iskandar A Gani as the dean of the Faculty of Law, Syiah Kuala University and thirdly Dr. Amiruddin, assistant dean II also from the Faculty of Law, USK Banda Aceh.

The Chairman of the Independent Election Commission (KIP) Bireuen, Aceh Province, Saiful Hadi SE MM in his remarks, among others, said that the peak of the Pilkada stages is the voting and counting of votes which are only a few days away, namely on November 27, 2024.

On November 27, the Governor and Deputy Governor of Aceh will be elected, as well as the Regent and Deputy Regent of Bireuen. To be sure who the Governor or Regent Pair will be elected later, of course, it is necessary to first know, understand the vision, mission, and programs of the candidate pair going forward.

The public debate of the candidate pair is one of the campaign methods facilitated by the KIP, as stipulated in Article 19 of KPU Regulation Number 13 of 2024. The public debate is not carried out to find weaknesses or bring each other down.

However, the public debate was held precisely to convey to the public how each candidate pair responded to strategic issues, how each candidate pair tried to build Bireuen later.

"We all believe that all candidate pairs have programs to build Bireuen, although with different strategies," he said.

The debate began with the submission of questions from the panelists, Prof. Dr. Apridar SE MSi and received by the Head of the Bireuen KIP, Saiful Hadi. The supporters of each candidate pair were partly in the room and partly in the courtyard of the Wisma, the committee provided three monitor screens.

The supporters were noisy when the debate began then died down and went smoothly and orderly from the first session to the last approaching 23.00 WIB.

The candidate debate was attended by the Acting Regent of Bireuen, the Bireuen Police Chief, the Dandim 0111/Bireuen, the Dansubdenpom, members of the DPRK, rectors, OKP administrators and various other groups. Also present were the former Regents of Bireuen, Hamdani Raden, Mustafa A Glanggang, Dr H Muzakkar A Gani and other officials.