Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution Angry His Men Ask For CSR Donations For Basic Foods To Companies

MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution was furious to hear that his subordinates at the Environmental Service (DLH) asked for donations to the company. The company's CSR donation request was revealed from a letter that was widely circulated in the public.

"Actually, I didn't know that, I was reprimanded yesterday. There was nothing like that, I called directly," said Bobby Nasution, quoted by ERA.id, Tuesday, August 31.

Bobby Nasution emphasized that the Medan City Government has never justified such a method. Moreover, by begging on behalf of the Medan City Government service. Bobby clearly emphasized the rules regarding the distribution of aid in the form of corporate social responsibility.

"We don't have the Medan City Government or I am the mayor, the deputy mayor ordered something like that, I asked yesterday, I said no. How come the agencies also ask for such a request," he said.

According to Bobby Nasution, Medan City Government has never distributed aid or received assistance from CSR. However, the implementation process is not like what is stated in the letter belonging to one of the outstanding offices

"The community or companies that want to provide CSR are clear, we have also received no CSR like that. So it's not allowed. I was warned yesterday," he said.

Previously, a letter was circulated from the Medan City Environment Agency regarding a request for CSR distribution in the form of procuring 5,000 food packages to communities affected by PPKM.

In the letter dated August 18, 2021, addressed to one of the companies, he also mentioned basic food items to be distributed, such as 5 kilograms of rice, 2 liters of cooking oil, and 2 kilograms of sugar. The letter was also copied to the mayor of Medan as a report.