After Canceling The Procurement Of IDR 48 Billion Curtains, BURT DPR Kunker To Turkey And The United Arab Emirates

Illustration of the DPR MPR Senayan Jakarta. (Nailin/VOI)

JAKARTA - The House of Representatives' Household Affairs Agency (BURT) made another visit abroad after canceling the Rp48.7 billion curtain replacement project.

This time, the leaders and members of the BURT will carry out a working visit to the United Arab Emirates for one week, from May 25 to May 31, next week. In fact, on Wednesday, May 18, last week BURT just flew to Turkey to carry out the same activity.

In response to this, the Chairman of the DPR BURT Agung Budi Santoso explained that the BURT members who flew to Turkey and to the United Arab Emirates were different groups. It's just that the agenda that was held was more or less the same as the visit to Turkey. Agung explained that the council wanted to listen and study related facilities, protocols, and budgets to the parliament and government as well as the Indonesian Embassy in the destination country.

"The group was divided into two, Turkey and the UAE with the same goal," Agung said when confirmed, Wednesday, May 25. Previously, the DPR BURT canceled the project to replace the curtains, curtains, and blinds for the Membership Offices (RJA) in Kalibata and Ulujami worth IDR 48.7 billion on Tuesday, May 17.

However, after the cancellation of the fantastic project, dozens of BURT members actually went to Turkey to do work tours. This overseas work visit was also confirmed by the chairman of the DPR BURT, Agung Budi Santoso. Agung denied that the cancellation budget was allocated for the kunker. He explained that the budget for this work trip to Turkey had been submitted two years ago, but was stopped due to the COVID-19 pandemic so it was only realized this year. "This work visit to Turkey has been proposed since 2 years ago, but due to the pandemic, it can only be approved in 2022, which will be discussed in 2021," Agung told reporters, Wednesday, May 18.

According to Agung, each board (AKD) and commission in the DPR has a budget allocation for work overseas. The Kunker, he said, was certainly related to the duties and work of AKD in the DPR, including the BURT of the DPR. The Democrat politician explained that the BURT agenda to Turkey was in the context of inter-parliamentary diplomacy. "BURT to Turkey, the agenda is to meet with the parliament and parts of the Turkish government as well as with the Indonesian Embassy in Turkey," he explained. In addition, Agung said, the BURT DPR also wants to hear directly the position of Turkish parliamentarians in relation to the protocol of parliamentarians.