It Is The Destiny Of Satpol PP To Deal With Small People, How Should Civil Servants Act?

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JAKARTA - A video spread showing a member of the Civil Service Police Unit (Satpol PP) breaking the ukulele belonging to a busker who was arrested. The perception of the Satpol PP "being the enemy" for small people seems difficult to ignore. That shouldn't be the case though. There needs to be an improvement in terms of public policy to fix this problem. In the video that went viral, Satpol PP personnel were seen throwing the ukulele into his groin which made the ukulele wood material break. The ukuleles lined up on the table were crushed one by one. The incident allegedly occurred in the city of Pontianak, West Kalimantan. The Instagram account @tkp_pontianak which uploaded the video in the post description, June 6, 2021, wrote that buskers and street children at traffic light intersections in Pontianak City were secured during routine anticipatory activities carried out by the Pontianak City Satpol PP. Pontianak City Social Service PLAT for further processing. The musical instruments used were then confiscated and destroyed," wrote the account @tkp_pontianak. The treatment of Satpol PP personnel received criticism from netizens. The video has gone viral and has spread widely on the Twitter platform. One mindfulness practitioner, Adjie Santosoputro who watched the video of destroying the ukulele, said on his Twitter account, "I'm really sad to see what is shown in this video."

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— Adjie Santosoputro (@AdjieSanPutro) June 7, 2021

Satpol PP duties and functions

Provisions regarding Satpol PP are regulated in Law 23/2014 concerning Regional Government. Satpol PP was formed to enforce Regional Regulations and Regional Regulations, maintain public order and peace, and organize community protection. In carrying out its duties, Satpol PP Satpol PP is responsible to regional heads. Furthermore, PP 16/2018 concerning Satpol PP Article 11 states that the implementation of public order and public peace includes activities for early detection and prevention, guidance and counseling, patrols, security, escort, control, and handling of demonstrations and mass riots. , Satpol PP quite often has to deal with the public, one of which is the selection of buskers as was done by the Pontianak Satpol PP. However, with the existing authority, Satpol PP officers need to act wisely. Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian stressed the need for Satpol PP actions to be more oriented towards maintaining public satisfaction, adapting the Republika.co.id report, March 4, 2021. Public satisfaction one of them will be measured through surveys. "So many surveys are about public satisfaction, that is one indicator of the public's approval of the legitimacy of providing support to government and non-government institutions," said Tito Karnavian. are of mature age. The ability to survive Satpol PP so far shows that they are needed by the government and the community. According to Tito, not many organizations can last long. However, Tito still emphasized that Satpol PP should not make them complacent.

Give creative space

The ukulele vandalism case allegedly carried out by the Pontianak Satpol PP has sparked widespread public attention. According to Public Policy Observer Achmad Nur Hidayat, the Satpol PP is not supposed to destroy the ukulele. rules for confiscation of property rights," said Achmad Nur Hidayat to VOI. He assessed that Satpol PP should provide education to buskers that singing is not forbidden as long as it is done in the right place. The destruction of the property is considered to be tantamount to turning off people's livelihoods.

"Or if Satpol PP wants to be even better, it can work together with the local government to provide a creativity park in the Pontianak park," said Achmad. The problem with the existence of street buskers resembles the phenomenon of silver people and ondel-ondel people in the Jakarta area. On the one hand, they want to maintain culture and art but are considered disorderly. Achmad said the local government had a contribution to accommodate them. "Currently, I see that there is no solution for street artists. On the one hand, they want to maintain culture and art but are considered to be in disorder. They should find a way to meet, there must be a win-win solution. They are children of the nation, owners of the nation, have the right to earn a living," said Achmad. Achmad said, as a middle ground, Pontianak Satpol PP should apologize to buskers and the community. In addition, the ukulele that has been damaged must also be replaced. So that similar problems do not recur, in the future, wise actions need to be prioritized by Satpol PP when dealing directly with small communities. Providing creative space for the buskers who have been caught is considered a good and wise step, not by showing the arrogance of power. In addition, the Satpol PP needs to consider the current condition of the community experiencing economic difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic. "In an economic crisis situation, people need food while they cannot find a search field, the company reduces employees. pandemic era," said Achmad.

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Street buskers who are part of the informal sector workers have been growing for a long time in Indonesia. The emergence of this sector, of course, cannot be separated from several reasons and motivations from each of the actors. The reasons that encourage the emergence of informal sector businesses include: urbanization, unemployment, part-time work, and market demand.

In addition, as explained by Wasiti in the Journal of Information published by Yogyakarta State University (2009), another motivation that triggers the emergence of the informal sector is the sharper gap between the upper class and the lower middle class.

From these various reasons, informal sector businesses emerged, especially in urban areas. The growth rate of a very dense urban population is increasing the number of unemployed, while the formal sector is unable to accommodate them.

The existence of this informal sector according to Wasiti (2009) can actually be useful to reduce the unemployment rate in Indonesia. The reason is that they can accommodate groups of people who are not absorbed in working in the formal sector.

Therefore, it is necessary to carry out continuous development efforts so that the empowerment of the informal sector can improve the welfare of the perpetrators, which leads to the achievement of the welfare of society in general. It's not even as if they were made "enemies" by the state apparatus, namely Satpol PP, when you see the case of the ukulele destruction. So what is the ideal?

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Busker illustration (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

The central government, especially the Ministry of Home Affairs, has a role in providing solutions. Achmad said the Ministry of Home Affairs needed to provide guidance on how Satpol PP should act in the pandemic era.

The Satpol PP is still needed to enforce discipline to ensure the community carries out health protocols during the pandemic. However, there is a dilemma for Satpol PP. On the one hand, personnel must carry out the task of policing, while they also feel part of the community themselves. This Ministry of Home Affairs directive is needed so that Satpol PP can carry out their duties more measured and wisely during the Covid-19 pandemic, not necessarily being seen as champions.

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