BANYUWANGI – After a long time it was empty, the position of technical and public relations sub-section of the General Election Commission (KPU) Banyuwangi finally filled. This department has been vacant for a long time after leaving the old office, Eko Heru Wahyudi, filling echelon III positions in the Population and Civil Registry Service (Dispendukcapil). Inauguration of the new head of technical and public relations, Andi Tri Prawono, will be carried out in Surabaya by the East Java KPU secretary. The official who will fill the position is an organic KPU official, not local civil servants.
"The Head of Technical and Public Relations subdivision to be appointed comes from the East Java KPU secretariat civil servants,"said the Secretary of KPU Banyuwangi, Bambang Santosos. Officials at the Gandrung City KPU secretariat, there are four heads of subsections and one secretary. Of the five departments, only the heads of technical and public relations subdivisions were organic civil servants at the KPU. Four other positions held by regional civil servants. The position of technical and public relations sub-division has been vacant for more than three years. The department has been vacant for a long time, because old officials were withdrawn from serving in the Banyuwangi Regency Government.
Meanwhile, a replacement has not yet been appointed. The vacancy in the position of head of the KPU technical and public relations sub-division is the result of the civil servant crisis that the local government is experiencing. The local government did not immediately send a replacement for Eko Heru, because the local government had difficulty finding a replacement. The Banyuwangi Regency Government has received a moratorium from the center for three years from not being able to appoint prospective civil servants (civil servant) because the employee budget is more than 50 percent.
Because of that, there are hundreds of echelon IV officials, III, and II are not filled. Regent Abdullah Azwar Anas chose not to fill a position that could still be held by another official. As a replacement, appointed executive officer (Plt) to handle the unfilled position. The Banyuwangi KPU Secretariat has not been fully run by KPU organic civil servants. Until now, only organic civil servants of the KPU 10 person. Other civil servants are listed as regional civil servants seconded to the KPU. (radar)
