Observer: Luxurious Isoman Facilities For DPR Members And Injury To The 5th Precepts Of Pancasila
JAKARTA - The Center for the Study of Constitutional Law (PSHK) of the Faculty of Law of the Islamic University of Indonesia (FH UII) assessed that the DPR Secretariat General's (Setjen) plan to provide self-isolation facilities (Isoman) for DPR members confirmed to have COVID-19 violated the 5th precept, namely " Social justice for all the people of Indonesia".
“The provision of luxury isoman facilities in the form of five-star hotels for members of the DPR who are confirmed to have COVID-19 is unfair and disproportionate. It can even be considered as violating the 5th precept, social justice for all Indonesian people," said PSHK UII researcher Muhammad Addi Fauzani to reporters, Wednesday, July 28.
"When compared to the provision of facilities provided by the state to the people, which are very limited," he continued.
According to Addi, every citizen has the same position in accepting the COVID-19 control policy. Thus, even members of the House of Representatives cannot be privileged by providing five-star hotel isoman facilities.
On the other hand, said Addi, the state's finances are in a slump. In fact, it is suspected that he avoided regional quarantine or lockdown because he had to guarantee the provision of food to the people.
"Policies issued by the executive and legislature, especially the DPR, should pay attention to the COVID-19 health emergency that has been determined nationally," said Addi.
Addi said that the facilities of this five-star hotel have clearly ignored the current emergency. He considered that, morally and ethically, the provision of luxury isoman facilities is very contrary to the legal adage that has always been echoed by the state in dealing with COVID-19. Namely, Salus Populi Suprema Lex Esto which means that the safety of the people is the highest law. Moreover, the DPR as the people's representative is directly elected by the people so that it gets a mandate from the people as regulated in Article 19 of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.
"(DPR, ed) should have a sense of empathy for the people's condition and not think about themselves, the provision of luxury isoman facilities greatly insults the dignity of the DPR institution as a channel for people's aspirations," he explained
According to him, the DPR must prioritize the interests of the people, not prioritizing individual members of the DPR. Moreover, with the condition of 3,239,936 Indonesian people who were exposed to COVID-19 based on data, Tuesday, July 27 yesterday.
Although this plan is allowed as per the Circulars of the Director General of State Treasury S-369/PB/2020 and S-308/PB/2020, Addi said, the DPR should prioritize the interests of handling COVID-19 for the people who are directly affected. salaries, allowances, even official housing provided by the state to members of the DPR are deemed to have fulfilled the daily needs of members of the DPR. It has even met the needs of DPR members who have been confirmed to have COVID-19.
"This, of course, is very unequal when compared to the people's income during COVID-19, which is very lacking and uncertain. Thus, there is no urgency in the policy of providing luxury isoman facilities to members of the DPR," he stressed. Therefore, Addi added, PSHK UII requested to DPR Speaker Puan Maharani together with DPR members to cancel the luxury isoman policy for DPR members who are confirmed to have COVID-19.
In addition, the Speaker of the DPR and members of the DPR must refocus the budget with the intention of prioritizing policies for the benefit of handling COVID-19 for the people.
"To the government, to revoke policies that open gaps in providing five-star hotel facilities to state officials, one of which is the DPR," said Addi.