Bogor City Will Set Rentenirs, Pinjol, And Mobile Banks

Chairman of the Special Committee of the Raperda Pinjol Sendhy Pratama

BOGOR - The Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) together with the Bogor City Government, in the future will regulate the existence of moneylenders, online loans (Pinjol) and mobile banks in the Draft Regional Regulation (Raperda).

In the near future, the Bogor City DPRD will soon have a meeting with the local government to discuss changing the title of the Draft Regional Regulation (Raperda) for Protection from Online Loans, Moneylenders and Mobile Banks to be replaced with Illegal Loans.

The chairman of the Special Committee for the Raperda Pinjol Sendhy Pratama, in Bogor City, Sunday, said that the change in the title of the Raperda which was intended to facilitate the ratification of the regional regulations, which needed to be adjusted to central government regulations, would be carried out next week.

"The meeting was also held last Wednesday, January 18. Next week there will be a follow-up meeting with the city government. The special committee plans to change the title, which was previously called a mobile bank and online loans, which was summarized into illegal loans," said Sendhy, quoted by Antara, Sunday, January 22.

Shendy said that next week, the Raperda Special Committee team will take the initiative regarding the Protection and Prevention of the Impact of Online Loans, Moneylenders and Mobile Banks will hold a follow-up meeting with the Legal and Human Rights Section of the Bogor City Secretariat, the Welfare Section of the Bogor City Secretariat, and the Bogor City Satpol PP.

He conveyed that the special committee's agreement was made after communication with the Regional Office (Kanwil) of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in West Java.

Then, the special committee team also held an internal meeting with a team of experts engaged in the sharia economy from IPB and legal experts from UI.

In addition, Shendy said that the council is of the view that with the change of title being wider, it can adopt the steps taken by the Malang City Government by cooperating with Baznas to provide cash assistance to victims of illegal loans.

"In Malang City, there is a collaboration between Baznas and regional banks in the form of a Perseroda in Malang City that provides some financial assistance that handles illegal loan problems," said Sendhy.

Sendhy also asked for prayers from all residents of Bogor City, so that the formation process can run smoothly and be completed in the near future.

He stated that the formation of this Raperda was solely to create a legal umbrella that could provide solutions and protect the public from illegal criminal acts of lending.

"We will continue to struggle with how to make the concept of regional regulations in areas that have the value of benefit for the people of Bogor City in terms of providing solutions," he also said.