Deputy Chairperson Of The DPRD Zita Anjani, Who Is Also Putri Zulhas, Claims To Have Left The Bunda Pintar Foundation, Who Received Rp900 Million In Grants From DKI

Deputy Chairperson of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Zita Anjani/Instagram @zitaanjani

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairperson of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Zita Anjani, confirmed that she had left every activity in the Indonesian Smart Mother Association (BPI). It is known, BPI is the recipient of a grant from the DKI Provincial Government of Rp. 900 million in the 2022 DKI APBD Draft.

Zita admitted that she had been the builder of the Bunda Pintar Indonesia association since 2014. At that time, the BPI association had been registered with the Ministry of Law and Human Rights.

However, when running as a candidate for the DKI DPRD Member, Zita claimed that she had resigned from the association of the non-profit organization.

"When I decided to enter into political contestation, I had resigned from all activities and activities of the Indonesian Smart Mothers Association. My resignation letter as the supervisor of the Indonesian Smart Mothers Association was dated March 12, 2019," Zita said in her statement, Thursday, November 25 .

In addition, the daughter of PAN Chairman Zulkifli Hasan alias Zulhas confirmed that she had also resigned from other businesses she had.

"I did all that solely because I wanted to focus on being a member of the DKI Jakarta Provincial DPRD, I wanted to fulfill all my political needs with dignity, integrity, and professionalism," he said.

Even so, seen on the official website of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Zita Anjani's profile as Deputy Chair of the DKI DPRD is still listed as the Trustee of the Indonesian Smart Mother Nonprofit Organization. In the spotlight, there is one institution, the Indonesian Smart Mother Foundation (BPI) which received grants of up to Rp900 million.

The nominal award for this grant is the second highest after the DKI Provincial Youth Organization grant of Rp. 1 billion.

Meanwhile, when compared to a number of other non-profit foundations included in the budget of the Social Service, on average they only receive grants of between Rp. 25 million to Rp. 50 million.

Researcher of the Community Care Forum for Parliament (Formappi) Lucius Karus highlighted the submission of a budget for social grant funds to BPI. Because, if there is involvement of board members in the management of the institution that receives the grant funds, there could be a potential conflict of interest that occurs.

"I think this needs to be explored. The potential conflict of interest behind the proposed grant in the RAPBD will be given to the association that Zita has fostered, who is a deputy chairman of the DPRD himself," said Lucius.