All Factions Walk Out When PSI Reads The General View At The DKI DPRD Plenary

Plenary DPRI DKI (Diah Ayu / VOI)

JAKARTA - All DPRD members in eight factions except PSI decided to walk out or leave the Plenary Meeting room when PSI read out the general views of the factions regarding the draft amendment to Regional Regulation No.1 of 2014.

Initially, one of the PSI faction members had the turn to read a general view on the revision of the Regional Regulation on Detailed Spatial Planning (RDTR) and Zoning towards the podium.

Suddenly, a member of the Golkar faction, Jamaluddin, interrupted. He asked the chairman of the meeting to mandate PSI not to change its attitude after this meeting.

Then, Deputy Chairman of DKI DPRD Misan Samsuri as chairman of the meeting said that there was no specific mandate for PSI regarding his views. Then, Jamaluddin stated that he walked out of the plenary meeting room before PSI read out his views.

"If there is no (mandate), I will not listen. I will leave," said Jamaluddin before leaving the meeting room at the DPRD DKI Jakarta building, Monday, December 14.

Soon all members of the faction apart from PSI followed Jamaluddin's steps, who walked out of the plenary meeting room. So, PSI read out its views without being heard by other factions except the DPRD members who chaired the meeting and the DKI Provincial Government.

After this it was the turn for members of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the Nasdem faction, Jupiter, to begin expressing the general view of the faction. At that time, the DPRD members who had walked out returned and took their seats.

After the meeting was over, member of the Golkar DPRD faction, Jamaluddin explained the reason he decided to walk out of the plenary meeting room. Jamal felt a personal dislike for PSI's current attitude.

This is because, some time ago, the DPW PSI DKI stated that they rejected the increase in allowances and salaries in the DPRD's annual work plan (RKT) for the 2021 budget year. In fact, during the discussion, PSI was present and did not state any rejection. That inconsistency is what makes PSI unpopular.

"Because it's been inconsistent. I don't want them without their party's mandate to do something here. Because, later on, what they say, are reviewed by their party and countered, is deemed non-existent," said Jamaluddin.

Continuing, Deputy Chairman of the DPRD from the Gerindra Faction, Muhammad Taufik, said that all faction members who also walked out were not planned in advance. "Yes, just spontaneously, attractions, all came out," said Taufik.