Brilio.net - The vote counting process for the 2024 Election by the Indonesian KPU continues. For the time being, there are artist legislative candidates who qualify to become council members in both the DPD RI, DPR RI, and DPRD, but many others fail. One of those who failed was Aldi Taher.
Aldi Taher himself is known to be running as a legislative candidate in the electoral district (dapil) of West Java VII which includes Bekasi, Karawang and Purwakarta regencies. Unfortunately, the Perindo Party is predicted to fail to meet the parliamentary threshold of four percent.
In fact, the votes obtained by Aldi Taher as a Perindo legislative candidate were quite high. Based on data from the KPU as of Thursday (22/2), Aldi managed to collect 1,626 votes.
Even so, Dewi Perssik's ex-husband is resigned to not getting a seat at Senayan. The reason is, he himself admitted that during the campaign he only spent very minimal capital.
photo: Instagram/@alditaher.official
Aldi Taher said that to carry out a campaign he should not have spent a single penny. However, during the campaign yesterday in the West Java VII electoral district, Aldi Taher spent IDR 100 thousand to buy sweet iced tea.
"The budget is IDR 100 thousand, seriously. The campaign didn't spend any money," said Aldi Taher, quoted by brilio.net from YouTube Sambel Lalap, Thursday (22/2).
"This is just Rp. 100 thousand lost. Rp. 100 thousand to buy sweet tea," he continued.
Frankly, Aldi Taher admitted that he was running as a legislative candidate because he wanted to earn money from his monthly salary. Because, Salsabillih's husband thinks that legislative members will definitely get a salary and allowances if elected. Without salaries and allowances, Aldi believes that no one will want to become a member of the legislature representing the Indonesian people.
"From the start, I said, I'm running for election to make money. So now I'm asking, if the executive legislative position had no salary, no allowances, would you still want to run for office? Wouldn't you," he said.
photo: Instagram/@alditaher.official
In fact, Aldi Taher believes that no one wants to be president if they don't get any salary or benefits while in office.
"That's why I said that if you were president there would be no salary or benefits, would anyone want to be president? So that's it," he said.
However, Aldi Taher emphasized that his goal of making money by nyaleg does not mean he has intentions of corruption. For him, it is normal for him to try to earn money by nyaleg because it is a halal job rather than doing magical practices to earn money.
"Making money means having a salary. We are all looking for halal jobs. Yes, running for legislative is halal, presidential elections are halal, being a minister is halal, anything that is not halal is a hassle," explained Aldi Taher.
Moreover, Aldi Taher is the head of the household. He also has to have a job and a steady salary to support his children and wife.
"So, if you ask me from the start, I want to earn money, earn a salary, so I can work. Yes, I am the head of the household, I have to look for work to support my wife and children," he explained.