DPRD Asks The Jakarta Provincial Government To Help Make It Easier For Residents To Be In Debt Online Gambling

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JAKARTA - Jakarta DPRD member Nabilah Aboe Bakar Alhabsyi asked the DKI Provincial Government to make it easier for residents who are in debt due to being involved in online gambling to pay off their dependents.

According to Nabilah, the DKI Provincial Government can initiate cooperation with financial institutions to provide ease of debt payment for Jakarta residents who play online gambling.

"We can initiate cooperation with banking institutions to provide more human debt restructuring solutions for affected victims," Nabilah said in his statement, Thursday, October 3.

This member of the PKS faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD admitted that he was concerned about the large number of Jakarta residents who were addicted to playing online gambling.

Therefore, Nabilah also suggested that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government open free financial counseling services for victims who are addicted to online gambling.

Apart from being an effort to recover, through this service, it is also hoped that the victims will get an understanding of healthy money management.

"We need to encourage the government to provide wider access to financial and psychological counseling services for online gambling victims," he said.

In addition to providing counseling services, the provincial government is also asked to organize a financial rehabilitation program for online gambling victims. With the hope, it can revive and reorganize their finances.

"For example, organizing rehabilitation programs, both in the form of financial training for victims and psychological support for their recovery," said Nabilah.