Stubborn Not Wearing Masks, 52 Residents Of Kalideres Sanctioned By Satpol PP Sweeping Roads To Pay A Fine Of IDR 250 Thousand

The Kalideres Sub-district Satpol PP controls mask violators in the Kalideres area, West Jakarta (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - A total of 52 residents of Kalideres were subject to administrative and social sanctions for not wearing masks when doing activities outside their homes today. The tightening of health protocols (prokes) was carried out in order to anticipate the spread of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus.

"A total of 52 residents were sanctioned today during an operation on Jalan Menceng Raya Tegal Alur," said Kasatpol PP Kalideres Selvi Rahmawati when confirmed in Jakarta, Antara, Wednesday, January 5.

Selvi said that 52 residents consisting of 44 were subject to social sanctions in the form of sweeping public facilities and the rest were subject to administrative sanctions. According to him, the majority of the reasons violators do not wear masks, namely because they forget. Some of them admit that they don't have masks. These reasons did not prevent the violators from being sanctioned by the Satpol PP officers.

From the data provided by Selvi, it was recorded that one administrative violator was sanctioned Rp250,000 each, two people were charged Rp200,000 each and five people were charged Rp50,000 each.

"In total there are 700,000 IDR from violators today," said Selvi.

According to Selvi, the number of violators who do not wear masks is decreasing day by day. This can be seen from the observations of officers while on guard in the field. Even though the number of violators is decreasing, Selvi will not relax mask operations in her area.

"We will continue to do this activity on a regular basis. Our goal is only to remind the public the importance of obeying the prokes," he said.

Previously, West Jakarta City Secretary Iin Mutmainnah again reminded residents to obey health protocols amidst the outbreak of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 outbreak.

"I keep reminding myself to remain obedient to the health procedures. We must not ignore the program under current conditions," said West Jakarta City Secretary Iin Mutmainnah when confirmed in Jakarta, Tuesday, January 4.

According to Iin, the current situation in handling the pandemic has improved. This can be seen from the decreasing number of cases from time to time. However, this condition should not make the public ignore the implementation of the program. Precisely prokes should be more tightened considering the emergence of Omicron.

"We will also increase vaccinations to increase people's 'herd immunity'," said Iin.