PKS Doesn't Accept DKI Regional Secretary Calls JIS-TIM Wrong Since Birth

JAKARTA - Member of the PKS faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Suhud Alynudin, admitted that he did not accept the statement by the DKI Jakarta Regional Secretary, Joko Agus Setyono, who said that the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) and the revitalization of Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) had been mismanagement since birth.

This was conveyed by Suhud in his interruption at the plenary meeting of the DKI Jakarta DPRD which was also attended by the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono and the ranks of the DKI Provincial Government.

"I want to question the statement by the Secretary of State that it appeared in the crowded media which was widely published in the media that the construction of a number of facilities such as JIS, TIM, Equestrian, and Velodrome was wrong since birth. I think this is a statement I need to question as a member of the council or deputy community," said Suhud, Friday, August 4.

According to Suhud, Joko did not deserve to give this statement because all developments in Jakarta had gone through a mature planning process by the DKI Provincial Government, DPRD, and related stakeholders.

Therefore, Suhud asked Heru to evaluate Joko's work because it has the potential to cause a commotion in the midst of the continuation of Jakarta's development.

"Don't let us get caught up in unnecessary polemics, consume our energy. For that, on this occasion I ask the Acting Governor to evaluate the Regional Secretary. If necessary, replace it with a more competent one," he explained.

Responding to this, Heru Budi assessed that the interruption sent by Suhud was a natural input made by members of the council.

"Yes, it's called correction, input. Yes, it's normal," said Heru.

In a meeting to discuss the Raperda on Accountability for the Implementation of the 2022 DKI Jakarta APBD yesterday, Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD views that the management of JIS and TIM as Jakpro assets needs to be evaluated.

Because, according to the DPRD, the JIS and TIM rental rates are not affordable for users. Also, the shrinkage of the value of this asset is very burdensome for Jakpro's finances.

Responding to this, the DKI Jakarta Regional Secretary (Sekda) Joko Agus Setyono said that there had been mistakes from the start regarding the management of JIS and TIM since it was built.

"So indeed we admit that TIM and JIS were wrong from birth," said Joko in a meeting on the results of the discussion on the Raperda on Accountability for the Implementation of the 2022 DKI Jakarta Regional Budget at the DKI DPRD building, Thursday, August 3.

Joko, who has served as the Regional Secretary of DKI since February 2023, views that BUMD should have built the infrastructure assigned by the government from the company's costs. Then, the government bought the assets that had been built from BUMD. "Please Jakpro build a TIM, JIS, use the budget created by Jakpro itself, not from PMD. So that at this time it has been built, the government just has to pay," he said.

Meanwhile, what occurs in Jakarta in every assignment to BUMD, especially Jakpro, the DKI Provincial Government allocates a regional capital participation budget (PMD) to BUMD to build. After being built, BUMD is also assigned to manage the infrastructure.

"The assignment carried out by the DKI Jakarta government gave PMD and then finally the assets and so on belonged to BPMD. Because it belongs to BUMD, so this burdens maintenance costs, then the cost of shrinking," he said.

Meanwhile, the realization, JIS and TIM, which cost trillions of rupiah in their management, have not been able to provide benefits from the use of building rentals.

Bahkan, Jakpro masih harus mengeluarkan biaya operasional yang juga cukup besar setiap tahunnya. Akibatnya, keuangan perusahaan Jakpro menjadi tidak sehat dan tak bisa menghasilkan dividend kepada Pemprov DKI selama empat tahun terakhir.

"If this is from PMD, it means that this is Jakpro's asset. After becoming Jakpro's asset, the maintenance costs must be borne by Jakpro, the huge cost of this shrinkage must be borne by Jakpro, so this will be a very high burden in Jakpro," said Joko.