Almost All Members Of The DKI WO DPRD During Plenary Day, PSI: We Are Enemies

Situation of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Plenary Meeting (Photo: Diah / VOI)

JAKARTA - The chairman of the PSI DPP, Tsamara Amany feels that his faction members in the DKI DPRD are being opposed by other factions. This is related to the attitude of all factions who walked out when PSI representatives read out their general views at the plenary session yesterday.

Tsamara's argument, being opposed by almost all faction members in the Kebon Sirih parliament, is a risk for PSI in maintaining the transparency of the regional budget.

"The risk we have to accept when we dare to thwart the plan to raise the salaries and allowances of DKI DPRD members is Rp. 700 million per month. Being hostile because protecting people's money is an honor," Tsamara said on his Twitter account @TsamaraDKI, Tuesday, December 15.

The risk that we had to accept when we dared to thwart the plan to increase the salaries & allowances of DKI DPRD members was IDR 700 million per month. Being hostile because protecting people's money is an honor.https: //t.co/e5iQpoGH5T

- Tsamara Amany (@TsamaraDKI) December 15, 2020

The negative sentiment of the DKI DPRD towards PSI is not only about the polemic of the increase in allowances in the annual work plan (RKT) of the DPRD for the 2021 fiscal year. PSI has also been teased by other DPRD members when uncovering odd budgets in the draft APBD 2020 DKI, such as the glue aibon budget.

At that time, PSI did not officially disclose the findings of irregularities in the glue budget in the discussion meeting between the DPRD and the DKI Provincial Government, but through the media.

So, PSI was tried in the Honorary Council of DPRD because it was deemed not to be a member of the legislature.

Most recently, when the drafting of the RKT increase, initially went cool without resistance from all factions. Until finally, one faction, namely PSI, expressed its opposition at the end. However, as stated by other DPRD members, PSI initially agreed.

During the discussion of the RKT, the PSI faction in the DPRD had yet to show any rejection. This is claimed because it still delivers the results of the discussion meeting to the DPW and DPP parties.

Until finally, PSI suddenly conveyed the rejection of the RKT increase in the general view of the factions at the plenary session of the General Budget Policy and Temporary Budget Ceiling Priority (KUA-PPAS).

This attitude gave rise to negative sentiment from DPRD members from other factions. PSI is considered to have no consistency in politics. In the aftermath, all DPRD members who were present at the meeting decided to walk out of the room because they were reluctant to listen to PSI's general views in the plenary meeting to discuss the revision of the DKI Regional Regulation No.1 of 2014.

When members of the PSI faction stepped forward to convey their views, suddenly Golkar faction member Jamaluddin interrupted. He asked the chairman of the meeting to mandate PSI not to change its attitude after this meeting.

Then, Deputy Chairman of the DKI DPRD, Misan Samsuri, as the chairman of the meeting said that there was no specific mandate to 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.

Continuing, it was the turn for members of the DKI Jakarta DPRD from the Nasdem Jupiter faction 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.

"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, 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.