TGUPP Is Assessed As Eating A Blind Salary, Ferdinand Questions Bambang Widjojanto's Performance: KPK Members Are Quiet About Corruption

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JAKARTA - Former Democratic Party politician Ferdinand Hutahaean questioned the performance of the Governor's Team for the Acceleration of Development (TGUPP) formed by the Governor of DKI Jakarta, Anies Baswedan.

With the total number of members touching 67 people and the disbursement of billions of rupiah in funds from the DKI Pemprov, TGUPP's performance is considered to be an achievement.

"TGUPP members are 67 people, what do they think they do every day? Doing nothing for Jakarta? Doing other activities but receiving a monthly salary from the APBD? That's called eating blind wages," said Ferdinand via his official twitter, @ FerdinandHaean3.

Ferdinand also addressed criticism to Bambang Widjojanto (BW), who today often contradicts the government. BW is listed as part of TGUPP DKI. According to Ferdinand, BW has never appeared in public and spoken out loud about alleged corruption in DKI Jakarta.

"Bambang W is a member of the Jakarta Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), but his mouth is mute about the corruption of the DKI Jakarta Regional Budget," said Ferdinand.

There are 67 TGUPP members, what do you think they do every day? Didn't do anything for Jakarta? Do other activities but receive a monthly salary from the APBD? That is eating blind wages. Bambang W is a member of the Jakarta Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), but his mouth is mute about the corruption of the DKI Jakarta Regional Budget.

- Ferdinand Hutahaean (@ FerdinandHaean3) March 15, 2021

The criticism of the TGUPP led by Amin Subekti was public after the KPK exposed the corruption case committed by Yoory Corneles Pinontoan. The inactive Sarana Jaya Managing Director is suspected of being involved in the markup for the purchase of land for the Jakarta Provincial Government's Rp0 down payment (dp) program by the DKI Jakarta BUMD.

Since the beginning, this prestigious program echoed by Anies during the DKI Regional Election has been problematic. In February 2020, for example, the Head of the Jakarta Public Housing and Settlement Service Office, Kelik Indriyanto, resigned from his position.

The reason is that the construction and the number of recipient units are still far from the target. During Anies' more than three years of leadership, this program has not gone well. The realization of new housing was built in one location in the Pondok Kelapa area, East Jakarta.

Based on data from the DKI Housing Agency as of November 9, 2020, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has only distributed home ownership credit (KPR) for the DP home program of IDR 0 to 514 registered residents.

In fact, the target number of DP houses of Rp0 that must be built during the leadership of DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is 232,214 units. In fact, the number of applicants for the Rp 0 DP house is quite high. Unfortunately, many applicants do not pass the verification.

On average, they fail to qualify to have a DP House of Rp. 0 because they are stuck in file verification at Bank DKI. Even though the monthly salary passes the requirements, namely Rp. 4-7 million per month, it turns out that there are other installments that charge you. It is feared that the prospective owner will not be able to pay in installments regularly.