The Head of Bappeda for East Kalimantan Province has been entrusted with the role of Acting Mayor of Samarinda

Head of East Kalimantan Province Bappeda was entrusted to be an Acting Acting Mayor of Samarinda

Samarinda, February 14, 2018

The Governor of East Kalimantan Dr. H. Awang Faroek Ishak officially confirmed the Head of East Kalimantan Province Bappeda Dr. H. Zairin Zain, M.Sc as Temporary Acting (PJS) of Samarinda Mayor as stipulated in the Minister of Home Affairs Decree No. 131.64-267 Year 2018.

"I believe that Dr. H. Zairin Zain, M.Si will be able to carry out their duties and responsibilities as well as possible in accordance with the Decree given by the Minister of the Interior, "said Awang during the inauguration of the Acting Act while the Mayor of Samarinda.

This event was held at the Lamin Etam Office of the Governor of East Kalimantan, appearing to attend Samarinda Mayor H. Syahrie Jaang and his wife, Plt. Regional Secretary of Meiliana Province, Samarinda City Secretary Sugeng Chairuddin, as well as a number of officials within the East Kalimantan Provincial Government and officials in the Samarinda City Government.

After the inauguration of the Acting Mayor of Samarinda, the event continued with the signing of the minutes, then the installation of the office sign, embedding the position of the office and the submission of the Decree of the Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia by the Governor of East Kalimantan. After that, it was continued with the reading of the facts of integrity by Zairin Zain and the signing of the facts of integrity.

As mentioned in the Decree of the Minister of Home Affairs, the term of office of the Acting Mayor of Samarinda from February 15, 2018 to June 23, 2018 in line with the Mayor and Deputy Mayor of Samarinda carried out leave outside the dependents of the state to carry out the regional head election campaign (Pilkada) simultaneously 2018.

The task of the Acting Mayor of Samarinda in accordance with the mandate of the decree is to lead the implementation of government affairs which are the authority of the region, maintain the peace and order of the community, facilitate the implementation of the election of the definitive Governor and Deputy Governor and maintain the neutrality of Civil Servants (PNS), as well as Discussing the draft regional regulation and signing regional regulations after obtaining approval from the Minister of Home Affairs.

Governor Awang Faroek hopes that in addition to the task of becoming the Acting Mayor, the main task of the permanent official as the Chairperson of Bapeda East Kalimantan will continue to be carried out especially to succeed all government strategic projects in East Kalimantan. This was stated by him when giving a speech at the event, "There should be no strategic projects that do not work all must work, therefore I really hope that you are in addition to being a temporary official from the Mayor of Samarinda to maintain success, the sustainability of development towards East Kalimantan Maju and Prosperous until the end of the term of office of the Governor of East Kalimantan in December 2018, "he said.

Awang also appealed to Zairin as Chairman of Bappeda, Plt. The Regional Secretary and all OPDs must have a strong determination to continue the success that has been achieved to date. "Thank God Alhamdulillah, East Kalimantan based on a survey from NUS (National University of Singapore) East Kalimantan occupies the 3rd competitiveness in Indonesia after Jakarta, East Java and East Kalimantan. Ahamdulilah East Kalimantan's open unemployment rate in 2009-2018 dropped dramatically in 2014 to 7.5%, then at the end of 2017 only 6.08%. I hope we all are determined to create jobs for the people of East Kalimantan so that the unemployment rate will continue to be lower, "he said.

The event ended with the delivery of congratulations in a row in the past by the Governor of East Kalimantan, the East Kalimantan Regional Leadership Coordination Forum and his wife and followed by other invitation participants. (ft)