Jakarta DPRD PSI Faction Started Communication With Other Faction Regarding Anies' Interpellation

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission E DPRD DKI Jakarta from the PSI faction Anggara Wacitra Sastroamidjojo said that his party has communicated with other party factions regarding the interpellation rights they will roll out.

This interpellation to request a statement from DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan was carried out after Anies seemed to have ignored the crowd at the wedding ceremony for the child of the High Priest of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Rizieq Shihab, Najwa Shihab which was held at the same time as the commemoration of the Prophet's birthday.

"We communicated with several factions," said Anggara when contacted by VOI, Tuesday, November 17.

However, Anggara did not mention which party factions were spoken to regarding the use of this interpellation right. He only asked the public to be patient first until further notice.

Anggara claimed that many parties in the DKI Jakarta DPRD felt that Anies and the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government had ignored the crowd of supporters of Rizieq.

"Many do feel that the provincial government has been neglected," he said.

Previously, a number of factions in the DKI Jakarta DPRD had commented on the discourse of rolling out the interpellation rights. The PDIP faction, for example, said that it had not thought about this.

The chairman of the PDIP DPRD DKI Faction, Gembong Warsono, admitted that his party still wants to focus on discussing the planning of the DKI regional revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) for the 2021 budget year.

"I just heard that someone wants the right of interpellation. PDIP has not discussed that matter. We are still focused on discussing the 2021 APBD. So, we have not yet reached that stage," said Gembong when contacted, Tuesday, November 17.

Gembong said, the proposed interpellation right was a political stance of PSI. However, PDIP is still setting aside a political stance to focus on overseeing regional budgeting.

Meanwhile the NasDem Party faction refused to follow the steps of the PSI faction. Wibi Andrino, the chairman of the NasDem Party faction at the DKI Jakarta DPRD, views that the DPRD does not need to propose the right of interpellation by asking Anies for an explanation about not dispersing the crowd of followers of FPI leader Rizieq Shihab.

"We don't have any plans for interpellation. We think we see that the governor has carried out what he wrote in the Pergub, has appealed to him, has made a fine. So, what else?" said Wibi when contacted, Tuesday, November 17.

According to Wibi, the subject of violating the health protocol in this case was Rizieq Shihab. Anies, said Wibi, had a regional apparatus assigned to supervise and take action in the field.

"Why do we take care of Mr. Anies?" his smallpox.

Wibi understood the attitude of the Jakarta Provincial Government that did not disperse the crowd activity. There is a potential for clashes between residents and officials if the Prophet's birthday and the wedding ceremony in the Petamburan area are dissolved.