PSI Wants Anies' Interpellation, Gerindra: Looking For A Stage!

DPRD DKI (DOK. VOI)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the Gerindra Party faction, Mohamad Taufik, assessed that PSI's desire to propose council interpellation rights to the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan was limited to seeking sensations.

The right of interpellation is a request for information from the DPRD to the governor regarding strategic policies that have a broad impact on people's lives.

"The proposal is just looking for a stage. That's just a discourse. But PSI has the right to roll it out as a faction," said Taufik when contacted, Thursday, November 19.

However, Taufik considered the proposed interpellation right to be the right and the political position of each member of the DPRD. It's just that, Taufik assessed that other council colleagues could behave maturely without asking for interpellation rights.

"I think friends of the DKI DPRD are mature in politics. So, it is impossible to immediately accept, as long as input and play are proposed," said Taufik.

Previously, a member of the PSI faction, Anggara Wacitra Sastroamidjojo, said that his party had communicated with other party factions regarding the interpellation rights that they would roll out.

However, Anggara did not mention which party factions were spoken to regarding the use of this interpellation right. He only asked the public to be patient first until further notice.

"We communicated with several factions. Many felt that the DKI Pemprov had been neglected," Anggara said when contacted by VOI, Tuesday, November 17.

Unfortunately, this proposal was met with a cold response. The PDIP faction, for example, said that it had not thought about this.

The chairman of the PDIP DPRD DKI Faction, Gembong Warsono, admitted that his party still wants to focus on discussing the planning of the DKI regional revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) for the 2021 budget year.

"PDIP has not discussed the matter. We are still focused on discussing the 2021 APBD. So, we have not yet reached that stage," said Gembong when contacted, Tuesday, November 17.

Meanwhile the NasDem Party faction refused to follow the steps of the PSI faction. The chairman of the NasDem Party faction at the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Wibi Andrino, views that the DPRD does not need to propose the right of interpellation by asking Anies for an explanation regarding not dispersing the crowd of Rizieq's followers.

"We have no plans for interpellation. We see that we see that the Governor has carried out what he wrote in the Pergub, has appealed to him, has imposed a fine. So, what else?" said Wibi.

According to Wibi, the subject of violating the health protocol in this case was Rizieq Shihab. Anies, said Wibi, had a regional apparatus tasked with monitoring and taking action in the field.

"Why do we take care of Mr. Anies?" his smallpox.

Likewise with the Deputy Chairman of the DKI DPRD, Misan Samsuri. Misan admitted that the DPRD leadership had not yet accepted the proposed interpellation rights from PSI. Because of that, the DPRD leadership could not comment.

However, Misan gave an opinion from his faction, namely the Democratic Party. In line with the others, Misan said that PSI did not need to propose the right of interpellation.

"In my opinion, there is no need for that interpellation, the answer is clear. The local government has already done its job by sending a warning letter and sanctioning Habib Rizieq Shihab. The DPRD will focus on discussing the 2021 budget for now," explained Misan.