Urges Transjakarta To Revoke Contracts For Bus Operators Often Accidents, Chairman Of DPRD: Victims Died Of Humans, Not Animals

Commission B meeting of DKI Jakarta DPRD with the Board of Directors of Transjakarta/PHOTO: Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, questioned the ranks of PT Transjakarta BUMD regarding the number of accidents involving Transjakarta buses that resulted in victims.

The Coordinator of Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD urged Transjakarta to be firm by revoking the cooperation contract for bus operators who often have accidents.

This was conveyed in a working meeting of the DKI DPRD Commission B which summoned the Transjakarta board of directors and six Transjakarta partner bus operators.

"I often see the Transjakarta operator as having no responsibility to carry the car (bus). In the future, if you look at it (accidents), strict sanctions, termination of the working relationship between the operator and Transjakarta. We as the government have provided good cooperation. But if he (the operator) is not good, what are we using it for?" said Prasetyo at the DKI Jakarta DPRD building, Monday, August 1.

Based on the explanation from the Director of Operations and Safety of Transjakarta, there are three operators who are most often involved in accidents, namely Steady Safe, Perum PPD, and Mayasari Bakti.

According to Prasetyo, the sanctions given to operators when problems such as accidents occur are not enough to just be given a warning. Because, looking at several previous cases, Transjakarta accidents often cause victims to die.

"If the sanction is only SP 1, SP 2, it's useless. If (the victim) is dead, you have to replace it (the operator) so that it goes to another operator for repairs. The victims who leave are humans, not animals," he said.

Prasetyo also asked Transjakarta to be able to solve the causes of problems that occur in the field. A number of things that Prasetyo meant were improving the flow of entry and exit for buses at the depot so as not to cause congestion and ensuring the capability of Transjakarta pilots.