Serang City DPRD Members Crowded Pawn SK Loan Guarantee Of IDR 500 Million-IDR 1 Billion To Banks

45 members of the Serang City DPRD for the 2024-2029 period were officially sworn in and their oaths/promises were taken at the Special Plenary Meeting at the Serang City DPRD building, Tuesday (3/9/2024). (ANTARA/HO-Pemkot Serang)

SERANG - A number of members of the Serang City DPRD, Banten are busy pawning the appointment Decree (SK) to the bank as collateral for a loan application after being inaugurated.

Serang City DPRD Secretary Ahmad Nuri said a number of banks had offered loans to members of the Serang City DPRD with a value ranging from IDR 500 million to IDR 1 billion during their term of office.

"The DPRD's decree as a loan guarantee to banks is a right for council members so that we cannot prohibit council members from pawning their decrees," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Thursday, September 5.

Until now, there are 10 members of the Serang City DPRD who have mortgaged their decrees to the bank for loans. However, he did not mention who the council members were.

"I don't memorize the nominal. Ask the bank who knows the nominal and the year is the bank. We only sign it," he said.

Meanwhile, the interim chairman of the Serang City DPRD, Muji Rohman, said that pawning the decree to the bank is the right of each member and does not violate the laws and regulations.

"When I talk about it, I can't say anything. Because it's a necessity and does not violate the laws and regulations," he said.

Muji said that the DPRD member's decree was pawned for returning campaign funds during the 2024 General Election.