When Anies' Suggestion Of Interpellation From PSI Was Not Well Received By The DPRD

JAKARTA - The Jakarta DPRD PSI faction has submitted an interpellation right proposal to the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan. The right of interpellation is a request for information to the governor regarding strategic policies that have a broad impact on people's lives.

Member of the PSI faction, Anggara Wacitra Sastroamidjojo, assessed that interpellation needs to be done. This is because Anies should have known that the wedding ceremony for Rizieq's son, Najwa Shihab, as well as the Prophet's birthday, which was held on Saturday night, November 14, would create a crowd that could lead to the transmission of the virus. However, he seemed to ignore it.

"The governor has no intention of enforcing the rules he made himself. Therefore, the governor's actions can be categorized as having endangered the lives of thousands of Jakarta residents," Anggara said on Monday, November 16.

In the DKI Regional Regulation Number 1 of 2014 concerning the Rules of Procedure for the DKI DPRD, the right of interpellation is proposed to the DPRD leadership. Requirements for submitting this right are proposed by at least 15 DPRD members and more than one faction.

The form of the right of interpellation is a plenary meeting with the agenda of the proposer being given the opportunity to give an oral explanation. Then the other DPRD members gave their viewpoints. Furthermore, the governor gave an explanation of the issues raised.

The day after being rolled out, this proposal was greeted with a cold response. 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.

"PDIP has not discussed the 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.

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.

Likewise with the Deputy Chairman of the DKI DPRD, Misan Samsuri. Misan admitted that the DPRD leadership had not yet accepted the proposed interpellation rights from PSI. Therefore, the DPRD leadership has not been able to comment.

However, Misan gave an opinion from his faction, namely the Democratic Party. In line with the others, Misan said that PSI did not need to propose the right of interpellation.

"In my opinion, there is no need for that interpretation. The answer is clear. The local government has already done its job by sending a warning letter and sanctioning Habib Rizieq Shihab. The DPRD will focus on discussing the 2021 budget for now," explained Misan.

Until last night, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria also admitted that he did not know that PSI wanted to propose an interpellation to Anies.

"We'll see. I just heard about the interpellation from you (journalists)," said Riza.