Transferred To Commission VII, Ribka Tjiptaning: It's Funny Too, The Doctor Takes Care Of Oil And Electricity

Ribka Tjiptaning (screenshot of DPR RI Youtube)

JAKARTA - Member of the DPR RI from the PDI-P faction, Ribka Tjiptaning, spoke up about his transfer from Commission IX to Commission VII of the DPR.

He admitted that he did not have a problem with the move even though he smiled when he learned that his new commission was in charge of energy, research and technology, as well as the environment.

Ribka is known to be a doctor and has been a member of the House of Representatives Commission IX, which deals with health and social affairs.

"(It rotates) just smiling and laughing, it's funny too, doctors take care of oil and electricity. Usually take care of sick people and hospitals, now they have to learn to climb stairs with lights off," Ribka told reporters, Tuesday, January 19.

Meanwhile, when asked about the reason for his transfer, Rebekah was reluctant to answer further. He asked it to be better asked directly to the faction leadership.

"I don't know. Suddenly yesterday afternoon there was a letter at the office being moved today," he said, adding that he had started working at Commission VII.

Previously reported, when he became a member of Commission IX DPR, Ribka firmly said that he would not be vaccinated and would prefer to pay a fine.

The rejection was conveyed during a working meeting between Commission IX DP and Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, Head of BPOM and Managing Director of Bio Farma, Tuesday, January 12.

He refused because he considered that the phase three clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine to be used had not yet been completed. Plus, there have been many bad experiences with vaccines, including stories about children who were just vaccinated against polio and then become paralyzed.

A week later, through the PDIP DPR faction letter Number 04 / F-PDIP / DPR-RI / 2022 dated January 18, 2021, a reshuffle of the faction members took place. However, it was not only Ribka who was transferred from Commission IX to Commission VII.

There are a number of other names such as Johan Budi Sapto Pribowo from Commission II to Commission III, Marinus Gea from Commission III to Commission XI, and Ihsan Yunus from Deputy Chair of Commission VIII to become a member of Commission II.

Regarding this transfer, Secretary of the PDIP faction of the DPR RI, Bambang Wuryanto, confirmed it. He called this faction displacement an ordinary rotation even though there were certain reasons.

"This is a normal rotation. But every political decision has an argument, of course, the argument is supported by facts," Bambang told reporters.

Even so, he advised the transferred faction members to conduct introspection. "All parties affected by rotation are welcome to retrospect and introspect," he concluded.