Haven't Read The Rules For The Governor Of Jakarta Appointed By The President In The Draft Of The DKJ Bill, Heru Budi: I Have A Lot Of Homework

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JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono admitted that he had not read the contents of the draft Law on the Special Region of Jakarta (RUU DKJ).

In the DKJ Bill, one of the articles regulates that the Governor and Deputy Governor of Jakarta are appointed and dismissed by the President.

Heru admitted that he was busy observing the contents of several draft regional regulations (Raperda) which would be ratified with the DKI Jakarta DPRD.

"I haven't read it yet. This is a lot of homework from the DPRD, read the Raperda. Haven't read (RUU DKJ) yet," said Heru at the DKI Jakarta DPRD building, Wednesday, December 6.

As previously reported, the DKJ Bill was approved as a proposal for the initiative of the DPR RI. One of the rules, namely Article 10, states that the Governor and Deputy Governor of DKJ are appointed, appointed, and dismissed by the President by taking into account the DPRD's proposal or opinion.

The decision was made in the 10th DPR Plenary Meeting of the Second Session Period of the 2023-2024 Session Year at the DPR building, Senayan. The draft preparation of the DKJ Bill was previously discussed at the DPR Legislation Body (Baleg).

Deputy Chairman of the Legislation Body (Baleg) of the DPR Achmad Baidowi alias Awiek clarified that the DKJ Governor-Deputy Governor was elected by the President of the Republic of Indonesia to emphasize the particularity of Jakarta after its status was no longer the nation's capital.

"In particularity given, we agree that the most important priority is in the government system," said Awiek at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 5.

Then, to bridge the political desire between those who want specialties to be directly appointed from this rule, the DPR added that the rules that the appointment and dismissal of the Governors of DKJ pay attention to the opinion of the DPRD.

The middle way, according to Awiek, remains based on the principles of democracy. Because the election, even though it is not direct, still goes through a mechanism from the DPRD.

"That's the democratic process there. So it's not completely the democratic process is gone. Because democracy doesn't have to mean direct elections. Indirect elections also mean democracy. So when the DPRD proposes, there the democratic process is, so not everything just disappears," said Awiek.