Acting Governor Heru Regarding Official Vehicles: I Still Use Secretariat Vehicles

Acting (Pj) Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono. (VOI-Diah)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono opened his voice about the plan to purchase two operational service vehicles for him. The two official cars are budgeted by the DKI Provincial Government from the 2023 APBD.

Heru admitted that since he took office on October 17, 2022 until now, his official vehicle still uses car facilities from the Ministry of State Secretariat with his position as Head of the Presidential Secretariat (Kasetrpres).

"I still don't have a vehicle that still uses my position vehicle at the Presidential Secretariat," Heru told reporters, Monday, March 6.

The former mayor of North Jakarta also does not know when the new official car will be imported and used for work. The two official cars to be purchased this year are sedan-type electric cars with the Hyundai Ioniq 5 Signature brand, as well as SUVs whose brands have not been determined.

Why did DKI have to buy a new car for Heru? Joko explained that the Land Cruiser branded official car that Anies Baswedan had previously used while serving in Jakarta had been sold to the former Governor of DKI at a low price.

Joko said that the sale of official cars to state officials was also regulated in Government Regulation Number 2020 concerning Amendments to Government Regulation Number 84 of 2014 concerning Sales of State/Regional Property in the Form of Official Individual Vehicles.

"There is a provision that the regional head who has served for more than 4 years is allowed to take over the official vehicle. But it is not free, it is sold at an affordable price and the mechanism uses direct appointments," Joko explained.

Meanwhile, one official car Heru as Kasetpres branded Innova Venturer. This official car is still used by Heru in his daily duties. If, Heru's two official cars as Acting Governor have been operating, this Innova Venturer will still be used by Heru when he was carrying out his duties as Kasetpres.

"Of course, as the Head of the Presidential Secretariat, there will be operational vehicles. At the State Secretariat there are cars that stand by, there are also those who stand by. However, it should not be concluded that there are three cars. This is in accordance with their respective duties," he explained.