Previously Failed, PSI Try Again Interpellation Of Anies Because Of Failure To Handle Jakarta Floods

DKI Jakarta DPRD Building (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - The Jakarta Legislative Council's Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) faction will issue an interpellation rights discourse regarding the Jakarta floods. Previously, PSI had proposed an interpellation regarding crowd cases during the pandemic. However, unfortunately it failed to be done.

In the DKI Regional Regulation Number 1 of 2014 concerning the Rules of Procedure for the DKI DPRD, the right of interpellation is proposed to the DPRD leadership. The form of the right of interpellation this time is a plenary meeting with the agenda of questioning the Governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan about the floods in DKI.

Later, other DPRD members will give their viewpoints from the factions. Furthermore, the governor of DKI Jakarta Anies Baswedan gave an explanation of the issues raised, if the interpellation was approved.

"We take this interpellation as the last constitutional way. This is PSI's moral and political responsibility towards the citizens of Jakarta, especially those who have been harmed by the floods due to the failure and lack of seriousness of Governor Anies in managing flood management, "Justin said on Thursday, February 23.

The condition is that interpellation is proposed by at least 15 DPRD members and more than one faction. Justin admitted that he had "lobbied" other party factions to plan an interpellation meeting.

Justin believes the factions they spoke to also agree with the agenda. "We are sure other parties also admit that the governor's handling of floods is still not optimal," said Justin.

"For parties that have similar views, we hope this can be a strong joint movement in the DPRD. We ask for a clear explanation from the Governor. We have launched this right of interpellation for the sake of humanity and social justice for all Jakarta citizens," he continued.

I once submitted an interpellation but failed

In November 2020, PSI rolled out a proposal for the right of interpellation. This interpellation was proposed by PSI due to the neglect of the crowd at the wedding ceremony of Rizieq's son, Najwa Shihab, as well as the Prophet's birthday, which was held on Saturday night, November 14.

Unfortunately, the day after the proposal was rolled out, other party factions in the DKI DPRD responded coldly. The PDIP faction, for example, said that it had not thought about this.

The chairman of the PDIP faction of the DKI DPRD, Gembong Warsono, admitted that at that time his party still wanted to focus on discussing the planning of the DKI regional revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) for the 2021 budget year.

"PDIP has not discussed the matter. We are still focused on discussing the 2021 APBD. So, we have not yet reached that stage," said Gembong.

Meanwhile the NasDem Party faction refused to follow the steps of the PSI faction. The chairman of the NasDem Party faction at the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Wibi Andrino, views that the DPRD does not need to propose the right of interpellation by asking Anies for an explanation about not dispersing the crowd of followers of FPI leader Rizieq Shihab.

According to Wibi, the subject of violating the health protocol in this case was Rizieq Shihab. Anies, said Wibi, had a regional apparatus assigned to supervise and take action in the field. "Why do we bother with Mr. Anies?" his smallpox.

Finally, the proposed interpellation regarding the alleged abandonment of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government towards the crowd by Rizieq Shihab ran aground.