PDIP To Anies: Giving Up The Choice Of 'Vaccinated Or Not' Is Not A Wisdom Of A Leader.

President Joko Widodo, Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan, and Minister of Health Budi Gunadi Sadikin while inspecting vaccinations in Tanah Abang (Photo: Instagram @aniesbaswedan)

JAKARTA - Member of the PDIP faction at the DPRD DKI Gilbert Simanjuntak thinks that the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan is not wise, because he has given up the choice of being vaccinated freely or rejecting it to the public.

"Giving up the free choice of being vaccinated or not / refusing is not the wise nature of a leader," Gilbert said in a statement received by VOI, Friday, February 19.

"Governor Anies' attitude of giving free choice openly is very regrettable," Gilbert added.

According to Gilbert, the people of the Capital City should be encouraged and encouraged to be vaccinated as shown by the central government.

This is because DKI has Regional Regulation Number 2 of 2020 concerning the response to COVID-19. In Article 30, it is stated that every person who deliberately refuses to receive treatment and / or vaccination for COVID-19, will be punished with a maximum fine of IDR 5,000,000.

In addition, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) also issued Presidential Decree No. 14 of 2021. Where, in Article 13A paragraph (4), people who have been designated as vaccine recipients but did not participate in vaccination will have their social assistance postponed.

From Anies' attitude, Gilbert considered the sacrifices of health workers who died in dealing with COVID-19 as if they were in vain.

"Likewise, obedient people, people with disabilities, businessmen who went bankrupt due to the pandemic, and other sectors seem to have been neglected by the attitude of Gub Anies," said the member of Commission B DPRD DKI.

"The clearer the color of his leadership, including when submitting PPKM to the central government," he continued.

Previously, Anies Baswedan did not want to think about imposing sanctions from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government on residents who refuse to undergo COVID-19 vaccination. According to Anies, the current number of vaccines is still limited.

"Currently, the number of vaccines is still limited. Let alone those who want and don't want to, there are only limited vaccines," said Anies.

Anies said he would carry out regulations regarding sanctions for residents who refuse the COVID-19 vaccine if the number of vaccines distributed meets the needs.

"Now there are still a few vaccines. Those who want to get vaccinated, it's easy. We will talk to you later when there are more vaccines than the population. That's roughly the logic," said Anies.

Currently, the COVID-19 vaccination, he continued, is just a government offering to protect the public from the corona virus.

"This vaccine is just the beginning. So, we are currently offering it. If it is offered, it will be taken or not. So, we are in this phase of the invitation phase with the hope that this can help prevent exposure in places where there is a lot of interaction," said Anies. .