DKI Deputy Governor: No Weekend Lockdown Until PPKM Is Completed

JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria emphasized that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will not implement a lockdown or lockdown on weekends, until the implementation of restrictions on community activities (PPKM) is over.

Currently, DKI is implementing PPKM phase two which has been extended from January 26 to February 8.

"We say that DKI Jakarta is still implementing the PSBB until the 8th or PPKM volume II, in which the PPKM program volume II does not have a lockdown program on weekends," said Riza at PMI DKI, Friday, February 5.

Riza said, the lockdown issue at the beginning of the weekend was a personal proposal from the Member of Commission IX of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Saleh Partaonan Daulay. From there, Riza admitted to accepting the proposal with a prior assessment.

"For us, the DKI Provincial Government, anyone can provide good, constructive suggestions. Never mind constructive suggestions, just criticism is okay," said Riza.

"So we as Pemprov of course also the central government must pay attention, analyze, study various input from the public whatever form it is," he continued.

Regarding the policy after the PPKM period ended on December 8, the Governor of DKI Jakarta held discussions with the DKI Regional Leadership Communication Forum (Forkopimda) and experts.

"Later we will decide what policy to take in the second volume of PPKM or the next PSBB on the 8th of the next fourteen days," he said.

Previously, Saleh Daulay considered the government's policy to limit community activities through PSBB and PPKM had not been maximally successful. Evidently, more and more people are exposed to COVID-19 every day. In fact, the number is more than 1 million people.

Therefore, Daulay asked the government to look for other policy alternatives such as implementing a weekend lockdown policy.

"The weekend lockdown is intended to reduce the movement of people in public spaces. People who live in the red and orange zone are not allowed to go out of the house on weekends. Starting from Friday night, around 20.00, until Monday morning at 05.00. did not go out for 2 days 3 nights, "he said.