There Is No Manipulation Other Than A Typo In The Formula E Problem, He Said

JAKARTA - DKI Regional Secretary Saefullah has dismissed allegations of manipulation in the recommendation for the implementation of Formula E at the National Monument given by the Cultural Heritage Expert Team (TACB) of DKI Province. There is, a typo.

Previously, the chairman of DKI DPRD, Prasetio Edi Marsudi, made this accusation. Prasetio suspects that there was a public lie committed by the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan because he sent a letter to the Chairperson of the Medan Merdeka Area Steering Committee stating that he had received a recommendation from the TACB. In fact, TACB does not acknowledge the provision of recommendations.

Saefullah admitted that there was a typo in the letter written by the DKI Regional Head Bureau. "There's no (manipulation). Anyone can make a mistake (type)," said Saefullah at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Friday, February 14.

Even though the letter was signed by the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan, the responsibility for typing errors falls on the Head of the Regional Head Bureau Mawardi. "Asked Pak Mawardi. Should there be a mistake in the script, or a wrong input from the person who typed it. (Just live) just fix it," he said.

The root of the problem

For information, a new problem emerged in the plan to organize Formula E. There are allegations of manipulation over the recommendation of the Cultural Heritage Expert Team (TACB) in holding an electric-powered car racing event in the National Monument (Monas) area.

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan claimed the recommendation in a letter to the Chairman of the Medan Merdeka Area Steering Committee, namely State Secretary Minister (Mensesneg) Pratikno. In the letter numbered 61 / -1.857.23 sent on February 11, 2020, Anies stated that his party had received a recommendation from the TACB of DKI Jakarta Province.

"In order to maintain the function, environmental preservation and cultural heritage in the Medan Merdeka Area, in its implementation, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has obtained a recommendation from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Cultural Heritage Expert Team as outlined in the letter of the Head of the Culture Service dated January 20, 2020 number 93 / -1.853. 15 regarding the Implementation of Formula E 2020, "wrote Anies in the letter.

However, recently the Chairman of the Jakarta TACB, Mundardjito, denied that he had ever issued a recommendation regarding the implementation of Formula E 2020 in the Monas area. In fact, Mundardjito stated that he did not know the letter of recommendation Anies was referring to.

"I don't know, we didn't make (recommendations), I'm the chairman," said Mundardjito, Wednesday, February 12.

Departing from there, the Chairperson of the DKI DPRD, Prasetio Edi Marsudi, came to the office of the Ministry of State Secretariat (Kemensetneg) to report the alleged manipulation of formula E recommendations from the DKI TACB.

"He (Anies) thought he had permission from the cultural heritage team. It turns out not. Things like this have to be in sync. If everyone plays crash-and-crashes, I as the regional leader of the DPRD are disappointed, and this is public deception," said Prasetio, Thursday, February 13th.

Meanwhile, Head of the DKI Jakarta Culture Service Iwan Henry Wardhana explained that recommendations only go through the Culture Service. The Cultural Heritage Expert Team (TACB) and the Restoration Session Team (TSP), he said, only provided input to the Cultural Office and did not provide direct recommendations.

"The recommendation letter was not issued by the TACB or by the TSP. The recommendation was a letter issued only from the Head of the Basic Culture Service. We made a recommendation letter from our two kitchens. Our two kitchens, the restoration court team and the cultural heritage expert team," said Iwan.

Regarding the statement of the Head of the Jakarta TACB, Mundardjito, who said that he had never issued a recommendation regarding the implementation of Formula E 2020 in the Monas area, according to him, it was because Mundardjito was not authorized to issue the recommendation.

"Pak Mundardjito is not allowed to issue a recommendation, yes he does not know. It is not that he is a member of the cultural heritage expert team. So it is clear that Mr. Mundardjito asked him not to know," he concluded.