Special Committee Proposal Appears, DKI Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria Admits Not Consul To DPRD Before Changing Street Names In Jakarta

Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria. (Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta DPRD plans to form a special committee (pansus) related to changing street names in Jakarta. They will investigate the matter because the members of the council did not receive any notification until the policy was stipulated by the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan.

Responding to this, Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, admitted that the DKI Provincial Government did not consult with the DKI DPRD regarding the decision to change dozens of street names.

Because, in determining the change in street names, Anies only made the basis for the rules in the form of governor regulations (pergub) and not regional regulations (perda) which in the process must involve the DKI DPRD.

"The road planting is indeed in accordance with the regulations, it is enough with the governor's regulation, no need for a regional regulation, and after it has been decided with consideration, it will be submitted to friends in the DPRD," Riza told reporters, Friday night, July 15.

Riza admitted that the special committee is an inherent right of the members of the council. However, Riza hopes that the special committee will not be formed by the DKI Jakarta DPRD.

According to him, the DKI Provincial Government and the DKI DPRD simply have a dialogue or a joint working meeting to conduct a comprehensive deepening regarding the policy of changing the name of this road.

"We respect, appreciate. If anyone wants to propose (the special committee), we hope that the provincial government can discuss it and discuss it with the DPRD. No need to go to the special committee.

Previously, Head of Commission A of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Mujiyono, said that his party would form a special committee (pansus) to explore the polemic of changing street names in Jakarta carried out by DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan.

Mujiyono said that the plan to form a special committee to change the name of the road was a proposal from the members of Commission A of the DKI DPRD. They saw many protests that came from residents affected by the change of dozens of street names.

"We will form a special committee regarding the change of name (road), according to the recommendations of friends," said Mujiyono.

Member of Commission A of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Gembong Warsono, also explained the reason for his party proposing the formation of a special committee (pansus) to change 22 street names in Jakarta.

Gembong said that the special committee's proposal stemmed from several complaints from affected residents who refused to change the name of the road. Meanwhile, Anies intends to increase the number of roads whose names will be changed.

"From 22 roads, it turns out that there are many problems in the field. If you add more, it means that there will be more problems," said Gembong when contacted, Thursday, July 14.

Currently, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has indeed tried to pick up the ball for residents to take care of changes to population documents such as ID cards and family cards for residents affected by the change in street names. However, it turns out that there is still resistance from residents, such as in Tanah Tinggi, Central Jakarta, and Bambu Apus, East Jakarta.

"Even if the ball was picked up, they didn't want to. For example, the kelurahan in East Jakarta, of the 700, only 27 were handed over because the rest they didn't want a name change," said Gembong.