Input In The DKJ Bill Asked Not To Be Melenceng From Existing Participations

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JAKARTA City planning observer from Trisakti University, Yayat Supriatna, requested that the inputs in the discussion of the Draft Jakarta Special Region Law do not deviate from the specificities that already exist in Jakarta even though later it does not hold the status of the state capital.

Including, the proposal from PKS that wants mayors in Jakarta to be directly elected by the people and the formation of level II DPRD or Regency/City DPRD in Jakarta after not holding the status of the state capital.

"For Jakarta, which is divided again into autonomous areas, it is very risky. Because Jakarta is a limited scope and if it is broken down again, it is even more complicated to unite it, synergize its development," he said, Sunday, March 17, 2024.

He explained, Jakarta in a space structure has integrated into a pattern that is indeed different from other regions. So if there is a new autonomous area, then there are new problems that also arise. For example, the fate of the Thousand Islands, especially related to its income and financing.

In addition, the pattern of space development in Jakarta has been divided based on self-developed zones that must be integrated, the structure of the road network has become integrated. So that if a new autonomous region is formed it will make it difficult, because the governor himself is certainly not a region.

The particularity of Jakarta is that he is a city with a provincial status. Jakarta is a city led by a governor. If in other places the city is led by the mayor, the city is led by a governor to become a city led by the governor, that is the particularity of the status of the province, "said Yayat.

He said, if you convey ideas that show the importance of new autonomous areas in Jakarta, you should not just convey ideas. However, this idea must also be conveyed more benefits or disadvantages or whether in this context it is just adding electoral districts (Dapil).

Then also should think about using healthy logics to be able to unite in order to accelerate welfare. "If you don't help much, you don't need to convey if it's good enough what's lacking, what will be improved if you become a new autonomous region that is happy with political parties," added Yayat.