Unlike The COVID-19 Task Force And The Police, Deputy Minister Of Health Affirms DPR Members Like Mulan Jameela Are Forbidden To Quarantine At Home

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JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Health (Wamenkes) Dante Saksono Harbuwono emphasized that members of the House of Representatives such as Mulan Jameela did not receive specialties to self-quarantine at home after traveling from abroad.

This statement is different from the COVID-19 Handling Task Force and the police, which state that members of the DPR and their families are allowed to self-quarantine.

"There is no (specialization). Everyone is in the quarantine that has been determined because the supervision is better, the isolation is better not at home but in quarantine places that have been determined," Dante told reporters, Tuesday, December 14.

If there are officials who quarantine at their respective residences, Dante said they must return to a centralized quarantine place or hotel that is the location of quarantine. Otherwise, sanctions will be imposed.

"Of course we will return it to the quarantine place it should be. The sanction, if it can be a form of criminal sanction," said Dante.

Previously, the Head of the COVID-19 Task Force Suhartoyo explained that ministerial-level officials and members of the DPR were exempted from quarantine rules after traveling from abroad. They, he said, were allowed to self-quarantine.

"In self-quarantine, there are exceptions, sir. For example, ministerial-level state officials and members of this council also receive facilities for self-quarantine when they return from abroad," said Suharyanto during a working meeting with Commission VIII DPR, Monday, December 13.

"This means that the self-quarantine will not be placed in hotels or in prepared places," he continued.

Even though he was privileged to self-quarantine, Suharyanto emphasized that the rules would remain the same. Namely, officials and members of the DPR must quarantine for 10 days.

"Independent quarantine is the same as centralized quarantine. So for 10 days it is hoped that it will not go anywhere. There are limitations that we have conveyed through circulars," concluded Suharyanto.

Then, the Head of Public Relations of the Polda Metro Jaya Kombes E. Zulpan said that his party had not found any violations in the quarantine process for Ahmad Dhani's family. In addition, the COVID-19 Task Force circular also has special provisions for families of state officials.

"Regarding the circular from the COVID-19 Task Force that in the circular there is a specificity for state officials, there is a specificity there that quarantine can be carried out at Wisma Athletes in hotels or at home," said Zulpan.