Viktor Laiskodat

Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat
8th Governor of East Nusa Tenggara
Assumed office
5 September 2018
Deputy Josef Nae Soi
Preceded by Frans Lebu Raya
Member of People's Representative Council
In office
1 October 2014 – 20 March 2018
In office
1 October 2004 – 1 October 2009
Constituency East Nusa Tenggara II
Personal details
Born (1965-02-17) February 17, 1965
Kupang, Indonesia
Nationality Indonesian
Political party Nasdem

Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat (born 17 February 1965) is an Indonesian politician who is the 8th governor of East Nusa Tenggara.

Born in Kupang, he was elected into the People's Representative Council from his home district twice in 2004 and 2014, although he did not serve his entire second term as he resigned to run for governor.

Background

Viktor Bungtilu Laiskodat was born as the last child of Lazarus Laiskodat and Orpha Laiskodat Kase in the western part of Kupang, the capital and largest city of East Nusa Tenggara.[1][2] After completing his first 12 years of education at Kupang in 1985, he studied law in Jakarta's Indonesian Law Institute (Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Hukum Indonesia), getting his bachelors in 2000.[3][4] In 2017, he graduated from Satya Wacana Christian University in Salatiga, earning a masters' degree in development studies.[5]

Career

After graduating, Laiskodat worked as a lawyer and law consultant, owning his own law firm (Viktor B. Laiskodat Law Firm). He also became commissioner at several companies.[3][4]

Parliament

He was first elected to the People's Representative Council as a member of Golkar in 2004 from the NTT II district, which included Sumba, Timor, and surrounding islands.[6] In 2009, he did not gain a seat.[7] However, in 2014, he ran as a member of Nasdem Party and won a seat after securing 77,555 votes - third place out of a quota of seven.[8] In his second term at the council, he was part of Commission I and also was the speaker of Nasdem's faction in the parliament.[2] During the 2014 presidential election, he was part of Joko Widodo's campaign team.[9]

In 2017, President of Indonesia Joko Widodo released an executive order (Peraturan Pemerintah Pengganti Undang-Undang) allowing the government to disband mass organizations deemed opposing the state's ideology, with opposition parties and several rights organizations condemning the move.[10] Laiskodat defended the law and attacked the opposing parties, calling them "intolerant parties which support changing the government form to a khilafah" in an August 2017 speech at Kupang. The parties denied his accusations and sued him for defamation.[11] Due to both immunity of legislators and his gubernatorial bid in the 2018 gubernatorial election, the case was delayed.[12][13] Islamic groups affiliated with the 212 movement later held protests demanding his arrest and trial for blasphemy.[14]

He resigned from the council to run as governor, and was replaced on 20 March 2018 by Jacki Uli.[15]

Governor

He ran for governorship of East Nusa Tenggara in the 2018 election. Paired with Josef Nae Soi as running mate, he won the four-candidate race with 838,213 votes (35.6%).[16]

Laiskodat was sworn in on 5 September 2018.[17]

Family

He is married to Julie Sutrisno Laiskodat, a graduate of UT Arlington. The couple has three sons.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Mengenal Lebih Dekat Viktor Laiskodat". Radar NTT (in Indonesian). 15 February 2018. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Profil Viktor Laiskodat". Tirto. Archived from the original on 2017-05-25. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Daftar Riwayat Hidup Calon Gubernur" (PDF). infopemilu.kpu.go.id. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Siapa Victor Laiskodat yang Sebut Gerindra, PAN, PKS, Demokrat Pro Ekstremis?". Republika (in Indonesian). 4 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-09-10. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  5. ↑ Saputra, Imam Yuda. "KAMPUS DI SALATIGA : Selesaikan Pendidikan S2 di UKSW, Cagub NTT Diwisuda". Jateng Pos (in Indonesian). Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "NTT II". pemilu.asia. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "HASIL PEROLEHAN SUARA PESERTA PEMILU TAHUN 2009 NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR" (PDF). rumahpemilu.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2014-04-23. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "Ini Hasil Rekapitulasi Hasil Pileg untuk DPR RI". Pos Kupang (in Indonesian). 2 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  9. ↑ "Victor Laiskodat Masuk Tim Pemenangan Jokowi-JK". Pos Kupang (in Indonesian). 23 May 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  10. ↑ Costa, Agustinus Beo Da (24 October 2017). "Indonesia passes law to ban organizations deemed against its ideology". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  11. ↑ Widisatuti, Rina (8 August 2017). "Viktor Laiskodat: Politikus NasDem Asal NTT dan Kiprahnya di DPR". Tempo (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2018-08-18. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  12. ↑ Santoso, Audrey (21 November 2017). "Ada Hak Imunitas, Kasus Viktor Laiskodat Tak Bisa Dilanjutkan Polri". detiknews (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2018-08-18. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Nathaniel, Felix (3 July 2018). "Kasus Viktor Laiskodat akan Dilanjutkan Usai Tahapan Pilkada 2018 - Tirto.ID". tirto.id (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  14. ↑ Akhmad, Harits Tryan (24 November 2017). "Di Depan Bareskrim, Massa 2411 Teriak 'Tangkap Viktor Laiskodat'". Okezone (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2018-08-17. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  15. ↑ Sasongko, Joko Panji. "Miryam S Haryani dan Viktor Laiskodat Tak Lagi Anggota DPR". CNN Indonesia (in Indonesian). Archived from the original on 2018-03-20. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  16. ↑ "Inilah Hasil Pilgub NTT Tahun 2018, Victory-Joss Unggul di 15 Kabupaten". Pos Kupang (in Indonesian). 12 July 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-07-13. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
  17. ↑ "Presiden Jokowi Lantik 9 Gubernur dan Wagub Hasil Pilkada 2018". KOMPAS (in Indonesian). 5 September 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-05. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
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