DPRD Prepares Ranperda To Prevent Medan City Children From Being Victims Of Violence And Exploitation

MEDAN - The Regional Regulation Formation Agency (Bapemperda) of the Medan City DPRD, is preparing a draft regional regulation (ranperda) to protect children in Medan City, North Sumatra.

"In the near future, we will discuss the priority scale regional regulations, one of which is related to the implementation of child protection in Medan City," said Rudiawan Sitorus, a member of the Regional Regulation Formation Agency (Bapemperda) of the Medan City DPRD, as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, August 11.

This Ranperda, he continued, is very much needed by children in the capital city of North Sumatra Province according to the mandate of Law No. 35/2014 concerning Amendments to Law No. 23/2002 on Child Protection.

This is because, he continued, until now in the city of Medan, underage children have sold certain items that are considered inappropriate at night.

In addition, the case of child exploitation is a serious concern, because it receives a lot of input regarding child labor which results in them not getting an education.

"What we hear the most, such as exploitation of children, cases of violence against children, and the problem of children's education in the city of Medan," he said.

He also said that the regional regulation on protecting children in the city of Medan is one of a total of 25 programs for the formation of a regional regulation (Propemperda) for the city of Medan which was agreed to become a regional regulation for the city of Medan in 2022.

"This legal product is very important as an effort to protect the future of our children, especially the continuity of their education," said Rudiawan who is also the Secretary of the Medan City PKS DPD.