Acting Mayor Of Bekasi Asked To Evaluate Electricity-Based Waste Processing

Illustration of garbage collections in Bantar Gebang, Bekasi City (ANTARA)

JAKARTA Center for Energy Security Studies (CESS) Executive Director Ali Ahmudi Achyak asked Bekasi Mayor Raden Gani Muhammad to review and evaluate the matter of processing waste into electrical energy (PSEL) in Bekasi City.

He said, there is no need to force the determination and announcement of the results of the auction if the ongoing auction process contains irregularities and gets the public's attention. "If it seems forced, as well as many irregularities that occur during the election process, the Acting Mayor of Bekasi does not need to force it to announce, on the contrary it must be evaluated and reviewed," said Ali, Tuesday, October 3. According to Ali, the problem of graduating or failing in an auction (tender) is normal and does not need to be debated.

However, if the process is "janggal", not transparent, the outcome of the auction has the potential to cause problems and "time bombs" in the future. It should be reviewed and adjusted to the applicable legal corridors and rules, said Ali. Ali is concerned that if the outcome of the auction remains forced, it will have a negative impact on the investment climate in Bekasi City. Investors can no longer believe in the management and implementation systems of various tenders organized by the Bekasi City Government. If from the start it has been problematic, how will it be later in the implementation in the field,' said Ali. Some of these irregularities include, the project worth Rp 1.8 trillion seems forced to be announced in a process that is less than a month. In addition, selected auction participants, are suspected of not conducting consularization at the Indonesian consulate office in the country of document origin, namely China. It is also suspected that they do not have a prescribed business field, namely the Classification of the Indonesian Business Field Exchange (KBLI) number 3511 and 38211. In addition, it is reported that companies appointed as waste management partners in Bekasi City put forward higher waste processing services than the maximum requirement of Rp. 405,000 tons of waste per day. Another note, allegedly only has an offering guarantee from foreign banks, should be required to be a domiciled bank in Indonesia, at least bank III. Finally, it is suspected that the location of waste processing into electrical energy is in green land so that it has the potential to be problematic with residents around the location in the land acquisition process. If it is true that note, Pj Bekasi Mayor does not need to enforce a decree and its announcement, instead a thorough evaluation is carried out, including the land acquisition process,'' Ali said. Based on the minutes of the evaluation of PSEL's technical prerequisites in Bekasi City, number 42.EV. HPT/PP/PLTSA.LH/2023, this auction was won by the consortium of China's origin EEI-MHE-XHE-XHE. While the local consortium of CMC-ASG-SUS is declared not passed. The two tender participants included in the technical bidding documents on September 6, 2023 and auction announcements were submitted to carry out

According to Ali, Bekasi City is one of the most important buffer cities for the City of Megapolitan Jakarta. Currently Bekasi is no longer just a satellite city in Jakarta, but has become a new metropolitan city that is densely populated (the population of 2023 is 3.8 million people) and a new economic growth center. Bekasi City must be carried out seriously and professionally in accordance with good governance. There should be no more reckless and reckless government management practices, one of the problems that must be handled seriously and professionally is waste management," Ali added.