Anies's Sweet Promise At The Rp0 DP House Which Was Smeared By His Subordinates Over The Alleged Corruption Case

JAKARTA - "What we are preparing is credit. They can get (house, red) without a down payment. Residents, anyone, can then buy a house. Their choices vary. They can be landed houses, can be flats, with varying price ranges. If we side with the common people, then we look for solutions so that they can find options according to what they want, "said Anies Baswedan.

The quote above is the statement made by the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan regarding his campaign promise to provide housing facilities without down payment (DP) with the DP IDR 0 program. He said this when he was still a candidate for DKI Governor, during the 2017 DKI Regional Election public debate.

Unfortunately, Anies's promise regarding the dream of residents to own a house is tarnished due to the alleged corruption case committed by his subordinates. Namely Yoory Corneles Pinontoan, who was named a suspect by the KPK in his position as Director of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya.

The KPK named Yoory Corneles Pinontoan a suspect because he was suspected of being involved in the markup for the purchase of land for the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's IDR0 housing down payment program.

"It is true, after two sufficient preliminary evidences were found, the KPK is currently carrying out investigations into alleged TPK related to land acquisition in Munjul, Pondok Rangon Village, Cipayung District, East Jakarta City, DKI Jakarta Province in 2019," said Acting KPK spokesperson for the field. Ali Fikri's prosecution on Monday, March 8.

Anies Baswedan heard this news since last Friday, March 5. Without waiting long, he deactivated Yoory Pinontoan from the position of President Director of Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya.

"The governor at that time immediately took the decision to deactivate the person concerned. In this case, Yoory will follow the legal process by adhering to the presumption of innocence," said the Acting Head of BP BUMD for DKI Jakarta Province, Riyadi.

There were a number of turmoil in the running of the Rp 0 DP House program. In February 2020, Head of the DKI Jakarta Public Housing and Settlement Area Office Kelik Indriyanto resigned from his post. The reason is because the construction and the number of recipient units are still far from the target.

During Anies' more than three years of leadership, this program has not gone well. The realization of new housing was built in one location in the Pondok Kelapa area, East Jakarta.

Based on data from the DKI Housing Agency as of November 9, 2020, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has only distributed home ownership credit (KPR) for the DP home program of IDR 0 to 514 registered residents.

In fact, the target number of DP houses of Rp0 that must be built during the leadership of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is 232,214 units. In fact, the number of applicants for the Rp 0 DP house is quite high. Unfortunately, many applicants do not pass the verification.

On average, they fail to qualify to have a DP House of Rp. 0 because they are stuck in file verification at Bank DKI. Even though the monthly salary has passed the requirements, namely Rp. 4-7 million per month, it turns out that there are other installments that are burdensome. It is feared that the prospective owner will not be able to pay in installments regularly.

Chairman of the PDIP faction at the DPRD DKI, Gembong Warsono, assessed that the housing ownership program for residents who are the mainstay of DKI Governor Anies Baswedan is indeed problematic.

"From the start, the zero DP was problematic. From the start we always said that the zero rupiah DP program was difficult to implement in the field. Why is it difficult? Because it involves regulations. This zero DP is not a single policy. Not only the governor's policy but there are others. Banking for example , "said Gembong when contacted.