Sammy Wattimena Elected As Journalist Chair Of City Hall-DPRD 2025-2027

JAKARTA - Daily Journalist Terbit Sammy Edward Wattimena was re-elected as Chairman of the Jakarta City-DPRD City Hall Journalists Coordinator for the third time in the 2025-2027 period through the Selection of Journalists Chairs (Pilkawan).

Sammy was elected by deliberation and consensus on the agreement of coordinating members because no candidate registered to run as chairman. He has been the Chairman of the Coordinator of Journalists at the DKI Jakarta City-DPRD for two consecutive terms, namely in 2020-2022 and 2022-2024.

Sammy thanked all members who had entrusted himself to lead the Coordinator of Journalists at the DKI Jakarta City Hall for the next two years.

Not to forget he also thanked the management for the previous period and the General Election Commission (KPU) for the success of the event.

"We are trying to optimize the coordinator as a forum for actualization of journalistic activities, in order to strengthen social relations for the sake of benefit with coordinating members is a vision that should be developed in the next two years," he said in a press release from the Jakarta City Hall Journalists Coordinator-DPRD in Jakarta, Sunday, February 16.

He said that efforts to strengthen the familiarity and solidarity of fellow journalists from the DKI Jakarta City Hall-DPRD are important and must be carried out as a concrete mission for the future.

"Moreover, in increasing relations with the Provincial Government, the DKI Jakarta DPRD is the main coordinating partner," he said.

He emphasized that various work programs will also be well prepared and mature, starting from making joint activities, either through various events such as discussions or routine sports activities and other activities.

"In addition, optimizing the function and facilities of the 'pressroom' also needs to be done to support the work activities of the members," he said.

Therefore, he emphasized, establishing a relationship with the involvement of journalists is important, especially for cooperation in several activities in the DKI Provincial Government, DPRD, and BUMD.

"Let's make the Jakarta City Hall Journalists Coordinator-DPRD even better in the future," he said.