DPRD Values Cultural Service Filled With Incompetent ASN: It's Like Just Waiting For Retirement

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Ima Mahdiah, assessed that many ASN ranks of the DKI Jakarta Culture Service were incompetent in carrying out their work duties. This was revealed by Ima when responding to the alleged corruption case at the DKI Culture Office.

"If we look at the Culture Service, it looks like the people are already waiting for retirement, or indeed it has been given a place," Ima told reporters, Sunday, December 22.

Ima reviewed while serving as Deputy Chairman of Commission E of the DKI Jakarta DPRD for the 2019-2024 period.

The DPRD once questioned the Culture Service to question the details of the use of the Rp200 billion budget. However, in the working meeting at that time, the ranks of the Culture Service could not answer clearly.

"So who actually made this look like this? That's it. The human resources in the Culture Offices must be competent, yes, they must also be updated," said Ima.

Thus, Ima hopes that the DKI Jakarta Inspectorate can be more thorough in supervising the performance of ASN and the running of government programs in every regional work unit (SKPD).

"Perhaps, in the future, the new governor will also hopefully make more of a program that is directly affected by the community," he explained.

The DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office searched the office of the DKI Jakarta Culture Service on Wednesday, December 18. The search was carried out starting at 10.40 WIB, starting from the room of the Head of the Culture Service Iwan Henry Wardhana on the 15th floor and the room of the Head of Culture Utilization on the 14th floor.

Not only the offices of the Culture Service were searched, but also the houses of the Head of Culture Utilization and the offices of third parties or private parties, namely the EO GR-Pro office.

The basis for the raid is the alleged irregularity of activity funds sourced from the Budget of the Jakarta Special Regional Provincial Culture Office for the 2023 fiscal year with an activity value of approximately Rp150 billion.

"The search and confiscation of the handling of cases of alleged corruption in the form of irregularities in activities at the Jakarta Special Regional Provincial Culture Office," said Head of the Legal Information Section of the Jakarta Prosecutor's Office, Syahroni Hasibuan.

The DKI Prosecutor's Office confiscated Rp1 billion from the search. It was also confiscated by hundreds of fake stamps from a series of searches by the Jakarta Special Region Culture Office and four other locations.

From a temporary investigation, hundreds of fake stamps were used to make the impression of organizing an activity. Thus, the budget for the activities of the Jakarta Culture Service for the 2023 period can be disbursed.

"It is as if the activity is carried out as evidenced by the stamp to disburse the budget even though the fact is that there is absolutely no activity," he said.

Following up on this, the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta, Teguh Setyabudi, disabled Iwan from his position as head of the service on Thursday, December 19. His position was temporarily replaced by the Secretary of the DKI Culture Service, Imam Hadi Purnomo as the daily executor.