Governor Jokowi Stops Payment Of Transjakarta Buses In Memory Of Today, 27 April 2014

Portrait of a Transjakarta bus that was abandoned in Dramaga, Bogor, West Java. (Between)

JAKARTA - Today's memory, 10 years ago, April 27, 2014, the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) stopped paying for the procurement of damaged and rusty Transjakarta buses. The decision was taken because the buses imported were suspected of being reconditioned from China.

Previously, the DKI Jakarta Government gave a mandate to the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency to procure Transjakarta buses in 2013. Far from fire. The DKI Jakarta government's wish contradicts the buses that come. Many buses that came were damaged and damaged.

The desire of the Jokowi-Ahok government to advance public transportation in Jakarta is final. They continue to carry out an agenda for improving services from Transjakarta buses. The effort was made by fixing existing bus stops and providing many buses operating.

This step was also supported by the provision of mandates to the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency to carry out a Transjakarta bus procurement project between July-September 2013. The procurement of Transjakarta buses plans to bring in a total of 600 buses from China.

The procurement funds alone reached Rp1.5 trillion. At first the project went smoothly. A total of 125 buses or four packages have been received and there are no problems. However, the ulcer of bus arrivals from China was finally visible.

Many buses that have come are in dire condition and in bad quality. The DKI Jakarta government suspects that the buses that come are the result of reconditioning. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) also detected corruption in the procurement of Transjakarta buses. The KPK then moved quickly to arrest the former Head of the DKI Jakarta Transportation Agency, Udar Pristono.

Jokowi-Ahok also spoke up. Both do not want to continue the presence of Transjakarta buses from China. Buses from China are considered to have low quality. The engine is staining, and recently there has been a bus fire.

In fact, the DKI Jakarta government expects high-quality buses. This condition made the DKI Jakarta government feel that there was no need to pay for the bus procurement case anymore. They feel cheated and disappointed.

"We have just paid a down payment of 20 percent. If the importer of the Single Agent of Tradeholders (ATPM) continues to collect, we will also not remain silent. If the KPK is external. If the BPK goes down, it becomes a process within the government. We are not sending a letter to the KPK. It must have sent a letter to the BPK. Well, the results of BPK's findings have only been submitted to prosecutors or the police," Ahok said as quoted on the Republica page, March 5, 2014.

DKI Jakarta Governor Jokowi also spoke up. He ensured that the government would not continue to pay for tarnished Transjakarta buses on April 27, 2014. According to him, the DKI Jakarta government would not want to accept bad goods.

Jokowi considers the buses used by the DKI Jakarta government should be of high quality. Not low quality and dangerous buses. The government will also wait for further investigation into the corruption of Transjakarta buses.

"We will stop it. We will receive the Mosok of bad goods. This year there will be new orders via e-catalog," said Jokowi as quoted on the Tempo page, April 27, 2014.