Viral SiPEKEK Et Al Local Government Program, PKS Legislator Asks To Change: Report If There Is A Bad Shortage

JAKARTA - Member of Commission II of the DPR RI from the PKS faction, Mardani Ali Sera, highlighted a number of local government applications (Pemda) that use too many names and smell of sexuality to go viral on social media. Like SiPEPEK to Sisemok.

Mardani criticized the names of the programs because they were considered demeaning ethics. The PKS legislator also asked the relevant regional government to immediately change it.

"First this is sad. Everyone should have a high standard of maintaining ethics. It is possible to make it easier, but it cannot be tolerated because it is degrading to ethics," Mardani told reporters, Sunday, July 7.

"Second, immediately amended and adjusted to scientific principles," he continued.

In addition to asking for the name of the program such as SiPEPEK et al to be replaced, the member of the government commission also invited the public to report programs that use naming with eccentric and sexuality insulation.

"Third, let's report it if there is still a bad abbreviation like this," he said.

It is known, there were controversial names of local government program applications summarized by a number of netizens in several separate uploads. Many commented that the name of the program grazed on nasty things.

For example, SiPEPEK is a platform created by the Cirebon Regency Government. This application has an extension of the poverty reduction program service system and health insurance to complement the needs of underprivileged residents in Cirebon Regency.

Meanwhile, in the online Indonesian Dictionary (KBBI), pepek itself means female genitals.

Then Sisemok. This stands for the Community Organization Information System. This application is a site-based platform created by Pemalang Regency, Central Java.

There is also a program called SISKA KU INTIP. Launching Siskaforum.org, the name of this application is an abbreviation of the Palm Oil-Ship Integration System Based on the Core Livestock Business Partnership - Plasma in the South Kalimantan Plantation and Livestock Service.

The program, which has been running since 2021, is even said to have received many awards. Among them, the Satya Lencana Wirakarya 2023 Honorary Sign from the President of the Republic of Indonesia to the Governor of South Kalimantan for Agriculture, the 2023 Regional Development Award from the Ministry of National Development Planning/Bappenas

Then i-Pubers which is a system owned by the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) as a result of collaboration with PT Pupuk Indonesia (Persero). This name is abbreviation of the Integration of Subsidized Fertilizers.

In addition, there is SITHOLE. This application stands for the Semarang District Court's Online Legal Consultation Information System.

Netizens then linked it to negative things because of the closeness to the phrase in English which means anus.