Permits For A Number Of Nightlife Venues In Surabaya Are Revoked

Closing of nightlife venues in Surabaya (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - A number of nightclubs in the city of Surabaya, East Java, have had their licenses revoked for violating Surabaya Mayor Regulation Number 33 of 2020 concerning Prevention of the Spread of COVID-19.

Head of the Public Relations Section of the Surabaya City Government, Febriadhitya Prajatara, emphasized that Perwali 33 of 2020 has provisions prohibiting the opening or operation of night entertainment places, such as discos, karaoke, massage parlors, bars and spas.

"Hence, the COVID-19 Task Force team involving Satpol PP, Disbudpar, TNI / Polri ranks supervise this RHU, including nightly entertainment venues," he said in Surabaya, quoted from Antara, Monday, September 28.

A number of nightclubs were still operating, so the team immediately closed and disbanded and gave a warning to the manager of the night entertainment venue.

During the second supervision, he continued, it turned out that they were still desperate to reopen them so they were disbanded again and given a cross mark of violations from the Satpol PP.

After his party conducted surveillance again, it turned out that it was still operating. On the recommendation of the monitoring team, including from the TNI / Polri, the permit was revoked.

Subsequently, Disbudpar revoked the tourism business registration certificate. "Because the license was revoked, they cannot operate first," said Febri.

According to Febri, when the license was revoked, there was no deadline for its closing. Thus, if the business owner wants to reopen his business, he must take care of the permit again from the beginning.

"So, they have to take care of the business license first if they want to open it again," he said.

In fact, he continued, the Perwali 33 socialization has been carried out for a long time and continues to be carried out by the ranks of the Surabaya City Government along with side ranks.

After the socialization, he said, it was time for the sanctions stage so that the enforcement of those strict sanctions had to be enforced without exception.

If referring to Perwali 33, it is possible to immediately enforce strict sanctions in the form of license revocation. However, his party is still taking preventive steps.

"Because they were still ignored, they finally revoked the registration of the tourism business," he said.

Febri emphasized that the surveillance team together with the TNI / Polri ranks will continue to supervise the RHU.

In fact, every day this surveillance team continues to travel to ensure there are no violations of the Guardian and violations of health protocols in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic.

"Therefore, I invite all parties to jointly comply with this Perwali and health protocol so that this pandemic will quickly disappear from the city of Surabaya," he said.