NasDem Protested Not Attending The DPRD Plenary Meeting, Acting Governor Heru Admits He Is Sick

Cecaran came from a member of the NasDem faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Nova Harian Paloh, at a plenary meeting of the DKI DPRD on Friday, March 31. The reason is that the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi was not present at the agenda meeting of reading the DKI Governor's Accountability Statement Report (LKPJ) in 2022.

Heru should have read out the LKPJ before the members of the council at the meeting. However, Heru was absent and his presence was represented by the Deputy Governor of DKI for Culture and Tourism Marullah Matali.

The DKI Provincial Government has clarified. Head of the Regional Head Bureau of the DKI Jakarta Regional Secretariat Muhammad Mawardi said that at that time Heru suddenly got sick.

"Pj Gubernur Heru menyampaikan surat izin sakit kepada Ketua DPRD DKI Jakarta Prasetyo Edi Marsudi dan telah dibaca oleh Pimpinan DPRD tersebut saat rapat plena dibuka," kata Mawardi dalam keterangannya, Sabtu, 1 April.

Last Friday morning, Heru did attend the inauguration agenda for the completion of the installation of the Jakarta Bandung High Speed Rail and Caroussel Test for the Jabodebek LRT Project at Halim Perdanakusuma Station to Dukuh Atas Station, accompanying the Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan.

After the agenda and returning to DKI City Hall, Heru began to feel sick. However, he had time to continue the agenda for the inauguration and inauguration of five high-ranking Pratama officials within the DKI Provincial Government at the Jakarta City Hall, before the plenary meeting was held.

Feeling that conditions are getting less and less healthy, Mawardi continued, Heru decided that the permit would not be present at the plenary meeting and decided to rest at his residence with the aim of restoring physical health as soon as possible.

"Alhamdulillah, after getting enough rest, the condition of the Acting Governor has improved today," he added.

Previously, Nova Harivan Paloh interrupted the LKPJ reading plenary meeting which Heru did not attend. Nova admitted that he did not accept it because Heru did not come and was represented by his subordinates.

"Here represented by the Chairman of our DPRD, right. We feel that today we are a bit wronged, we as members of the DPRD, who read only a Deputy Acting Governor, not the Acting Governor," Nova said in a plenary meeting.

Nova views that plenary meetings are important and sacred activities that should be attended by regional heads. Moreover, last Friday's plenary meeting scheduled the reading of the LKPJ Governor of DKI.

"It's legitimacy that it's clear, we, members of the DPRD, are represented by Jakarta residents. Well, this Acting Governor as a symbol that exists for the wheels of government in DKI must represent him, right. If he is sick, the meeting can be postponed until he recovers," said Nova after the meeting.