Value Observer Anies Ogah Rogoh Pockets For Handling Cases So That He Withdraws The Appeal Of The Administrative Court Decision On The Mampang River

Officers dredge soil and mud at Mampang River, Jakarta, Monday (21/2/2022). (Antara/Reno Esnir)

JAKARTA - State administrative law observer Adrian Rompis assessed that DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan was reluctant to issue more budget for the management of appeals, thus revoking the review of the decision of the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) regarding the Mampang River.

According to Andrian, Anies's move was appropriate because the appeal would drag on the civil case. On the one hand, Anies' efforts were met with criticism from many parties.

“In my opinion, it is reasonable, because of considerations for revocation (appeal, ed); requires preparation, especially regarding the budget for its implementation," Adrian told VOI, Saturday, March 12.

Andrian thought that Anies should immediately settle the lawsuit from the residents who were granted by the Jakarta Administrative Court regarding the Jakarta flood prevention program by dredging the Mampang River to Pondok Jaya and building sheet piles in Pela Mampang Village.

Even in its implementation, Anies can submit completely to the DKI Water Resources Service (SDA). So that the residents' problems can be resolved immediately by the relevant agencies, while Anies as the head of the regional government focuses on other problems in DKI.

"Because as a governor in the top position in the DKI government bureaucracy, there are many problems or problems that must be resolved by the person concerned," he said.

As is known, Anies officially filed an appeal against the Jakarta Administrative Court decision on Tuesday, March 8. Anies' appeal follows the governor's defeat over the lawsuit of seven residents who were victims of the Jakarta flood.

The appeal has invited a lot of criticism from residents, environmentalists, and members of the DKI DPRD from the PDI-P faction (PDIP), PSI, and even Gerindra, the party that supports Anies. However, two days later, Anies decided to withdraw the appeal.

The Head of the Legal Bureau of the DKI Jakarta Regional Secretariat, Yayan Yuhanah, argued that the decision to withdraw the appeal against the Jakarta Administrative Court decision number 205/G/TF/2021/PTUN-JKT was because there was no suspicion that the DKI Provincial Government had committed an unlawful act in this case.

"The revocation of this appeal is based on the direction of the Governor of DKI Jakarta after seeing that, in its decision, the Panel of Judges did not state that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government had committed an unlawful act," Yayan said in a written statement, Thursday, March 10.

Another consideration for the decision was because the panel of judges rejected five of the seven demands of the plaintiffs.

There were also five demands that were rejected by the Jakarta Administrative Court panel of judges, namely the widening of the Krukut River in Pela Mampang Village, river dredging which has not been routinely carried out since 2017 in Krukut River, dredging of Cipinang River which has experienced silting, construction of embankments on the banks of Cipinang River and demands for compensation. the plaintiffs' loss was Rp. 1.15 billion.

Meanwhile, the two demands that were granted by the panel of judges were to require the DKI Provincial Government to carry out dredging of the Mampang River to the Pondok Jaya area and to immediately process the construction of river sheet piles in Pela Mampang Village.