Rp. 300 Thousand For Social Assistance Fund Circumcised By Officers? Deputy Governor Riza Patria: Please Report, We Give Heavy Sanctions!

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JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta, Ahmad Riza Patria, asked the community to report if they received cash social assistance (BST) with a nominal deduction.

Supposedly, BST beneficiaries should receive a nominal value of IDR 300 thousand. If there are officials from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government who are caught circumcising the nominal BST, they will receive severe sanctions.

"Please prove that there is a DKI BST cut, please protest. If our officers cut it at Bank DKI, we will give heavy sanctions," said Riza at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Friday, March 12.

Riza said, BST received by DKI residents was distributed by two parties, namely the central government, in this case the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) and the DKI Provincial Government. However, Riza claims that no person can deduct the BST nominal from the provincial government.

"Social assistance, which is the obligation of the Provincial Government through DKI Bank, goes directly to the ATM. So, there is no way to deduct it because it goes directly to each ATM and not even 1 silver is reduced," said Riza.

Meanwhile, Riza revealed that there was a gap for nominal deductions in BST distributed by the Ministry of Social Affairs because it used PT Pos. Beneficiaries receive BST from officers who deliver to homes.

"In the implementation, if you bring cash there is a potential shortage, for example, the money may also decrease, or the amount may decrease accidentally, miscalculate and so on, lack of input," said Riza.

Previously, the Social Protection Reform Coalition found that the distribution of cash social assistance (BST) or direct cash assistance (BLT) in DKI Jakarta still had loopholes for extortion.

The coalition found that there was a mode of extortion in the form of a nominal deduction of social assistance. The methods range from thank you money, administrative deductions from RT or RW for the construction of RW posts, buying an ambulance, to building places of worship.