Profile of Armuji, candidate for vice mayor who has served as president of the DPRD of Surabaya twice. Page all

SURABAYA, KOMPAS.com – PDI-Perjuangan elects Armuji as a candidate for deputy mayor to accompany Eri Cahyadi in the 2020 Surabaya Pilkada.

Armuji is a member of the East Java DPRD of the PDI-P faction.

Armuji is not new to the bull party. The man who was born in Surabaya has served as president of the Surabaya DPRD twice, namely in 2003-2004 and 2014.

In the 2019 Legislative Elections, the man who was born on June 8, 1965 tried to fight in the East Java DPRD from the Surabaya City Election Area.

He escaped with 136,208 votes.

With this acquisition, Armuji claims to be the winner of the most inter-party votes for the East Java DPRD level.

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For Surabaya Pilkada, Armuji has started to socialize by installing a series of billboards at various points in Surabaya.

He has long paired his name with Eri Cahyadi on a series of installed billboards. He also registered as a candidate for deputy mayor of Surabaya through the East Java PDI-P DPD.

In early July 2020, Armuji was desperate to continue his fight to become a candidate for vice mayor of Surabaya. He felt that someone was blocking his steps.

According to him, there were administrators of the PDI-P Surabaya DPC who prevented him from consolidating with volunteers and potential voters.

Armuji also sent a letter of resignation as a candidate for Surabaya’s deputy mayor.

In withdrawing from his candidacy, Armuji admits that he wants to focus on helping the people of Surabaya who are struggling amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Yesterday, Armuji was surprised with the announcement of the PDI-P DPP. He did not expect to be chosen to accompany Eri Cahyadi.

Eri is a bureaucrat known for being close to the mayor of Surabaya, Tri Rismaharini. Now, Eri is the head of the Surabaya City Development Planning Agency.

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Armuji admitted that he would immediately resign as a member of the East Java DPRD.

“In accordance with the applicable regulations, I will resign from the East Java DPRD members to focus on Surabaya Pilkada,” Armuji said after the statement in Taman Harmoni Surabaya on Wednesday (2/9/2020) afternoon.

The Eri Cahyadi-Armuji couple will face Machfud Arifin-Mujiaman, who is led by the fat coalition.

The coalition is made up of eight parties, namely PKS, PKB, PPP, Nasdem Party, Golkar Party, Democratic Party, PAN, and Gerindra Party.