Denies Playing Candy Crush Game During Plenary Meeting, DKI DPRD Member: Meeting Begins, Forgets I Closed

JAKARTA - Member of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the PDIP faction, Cinta Mega, denied that she played games during a plenary meeting delivering the Governor's Appointment speech to the Raperda for Accountability for the Implementation of the APBD for the 2022 Fiscal Year.

Cinta Mega claimed that she had played a puzzle game called Candy Crush when the plenary meeting had not yet started.

Cinta Mega admitted to playing games because she was tired of waiting for the time to start the delayed meeting. Supposedly, the plenary meeting was held at 13.00 WIB. However, the meeting only started at around 14.30 WIB.

"Please. This is a clarification. Earlier we were waiting for the plenary session. I played Candy Crush before the plenary session," said Cinta Mega to reporters, Thursday, July 20.

Cinta Mega also had time to show the game she played on her device to a fellow member of the DKI Jakarta DPRD who was picked up next to her.

"My people just show friends, like Candy Crush games, this is funny, this is the game," he said.

However, when the meeting started, Cinta Mega admitted that she forgot to close the game she had previously played.

"When the plenary meeting started, I forgot to turn it off (the game). I didn't play. I immediately listened to the meeting. (The device) was only placed on the table," explained Cinta Mega.

At today's plenary meeting, Cinta Mega sat in the back row of members of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, wearing pink suit.

At that time, a plenary meeting presenting the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono had begun. The meeting began to open by Deputy Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Zita Anjani and had only been running for eight minutes.

Then, DKI Jakarta DPRD member Bambang Kusumanto proposed an interruption. It's just that, Bambang's table microphone is problematic and first repaired.

When Bambang's table microphone was repaired, the atmosphere of the plenary meeting was quite quiet. At this momentum, the appearance of the game on the tablet that Cinta Mega took to the paripuna meeting room and placed on his desk.