The Implementation Of Tourism Bus Drivers Is Not The Responsibility Of The Istiqlal Mosque

Istiqlal Mosque/ Photo: Rizky Sulistio/ VOI

The existence of a illegal parking attendant (jukir) in front of the Istiqlal Mosque, Sawah Besar District, Central Jakarta, turned out to be difficult to eradicate. In fact, supervision of jukir and illegal parking is the authority of the Central Jakarta Transportation Sub-Department (Sudinhub Jakpus).

Responding to this problem, Istiqlal Mosque Spokesperson, Ismail Cawidu said that illegal parking outside the mosque area was outside the responsibility of his party.

He emphasized that Istiqlal did not provide parking space for bus vehicles.

Unless, continued Ismail, if the bus provides a special visit letter, the Istiqlal Mosque will provide parking space for buses during the visit.

"If there is illegal parking on the road in front of Istiqlal, it is beyond Istiqlal's responsibility. As for the problem of bus parking specifically in the Istiqlal area, we basically do not provide it. Unless there is a special notification (letter) for congregational groups visiting from outside the city to Istiqlal in the number of 2-3 buses, we can still accommodate it during the visit," he said when confirmed, Monday, June 24.

As is known, the burglary of a tourism bus driver has occurred again. The video of the burglary was uploaded by Instagram social media. In the video footage, it can be seen that a number of men suspected of being illegal jukir are standing in front of a tourism bus that is about to park in the Istiqlal Mosque area.

In the video description, it is stated that if the illegal jukir asked the tourism bus crew to pay Rp. 300 thousand for parking costs. If they refuse to pay Rp. 300 thousand, the illegal jukir threatens to break the tourism bus glass.

The burglary in the Istiqlal Mosque area took place on Friday, June 21, 2024. Ironically, not far from the illegal jukirs standing, there was a transportation official car (Dishub).

"Parkers around Istiqlal pay 300K (Ribu), to the point of threatening breaking the glass," wrote the video caption.

"The tourism bus park in Jakarta is really not safe, it is peppered with the threat of breaking the glass, it is embarrassing in the same class as DKI," wrote the video caption.