JAKARTA - The Special Staff of the Governor of DKI Jakarta for Public Communication, Cyrilmal Hakim or Chico Hakim, responded to the street library that was expelled by Satpol PP officers at Martha Christina Tiahahu Literacy Park, Blok M, South Jakarta.
Chico appreciated the emergence of a literacy community that was willing to provide books for the public to read. However, according to him, the placement of stalls also needs to be considered.
"We can only do what we can. In terms of the rules, regulations, and regulations that apply," Chico told reporters, Tuesday, July 22.
According to him, any activities in public areas should not be carried out by disturbing roads such as sidewalks and so on.
Therefore, if the existence of a street library in Literacy Park disturbs pedestrians, Chico offers them to move to other parks such as Langsat Park to Banteng Square Park.
"If friends from the street library have human resources or a lot of property or books, we can also direct them to other parks, Langsat Park, Banteng Field Park, but in the park. Not in totroars, of course, we also know that it violates the rules," said Chico.
"So indeed Jakarta needs its stakeholders to take part in everything. But our hope is that this city will not be organized and chaotic and so on. Of course, we both follow the applicable rules," he added.
Previously, a viral video on social media showed Satpol PP officers visiting a street library in Taman Literasi Blok M, South Jakarta.
In the video, the officer admits that he only conducts an examination because the activity is busy with the public.
He did not intend to dissolve the reading activity, but instead wanted to confirm the existence of a clear person in charge.
However, this video invites pros and cons of the public. Many have questioned the priority of controlling, highlighting the problem of illegal parking, to street vendors in Blok M who are considered disturbing but not being prosecuted by the Satpol PP.
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