Can The Patwal Provision Be On The Road: Anyone With The Right To Be Escorted By Officers?

Screenshots - video footage showing the car escort officer with the number 36 RI plate pointing at the taxi driver. (Doc. Ist)

YOGYAKARTA Many of us want to know the provisions of the Patwal on the road, after the viral arrogant Patwal action of the RI 36 official car belonging to the Presidential Special Envoy for the Development of the Young Generation and Art Workers Raffi Ahmad.

In the video footage circulating on social media, Brigadier DK, the RI 36 car escort officer, is reprimanding the taxi driver on the highway while pointing at the driver arrogantly.

The video received a negative response from the public. Raffi Ahmad explained that at the time of the incident, he was not in the car. Nagita Slavina's husband said that the RI 36 official car escorted by the patwal was on his way to pick him up to the next meeting agenda.

After the incident went viral on social media, not a few were curious about the Patwal rules for official official vehicles.

Provisions for the use of escort officers for official cars of state officials are contained in Government Regulation Number 43 of 1993 concerning Infrastructure and Road Traffic.

This regulation regulates who has the right to use official car facilities under escort, namely all VVIP and VIP officials.

VIP officials (Very Import Persons / personnel) are individuals who have greater privileges than the general public, such as well-known public figures, heads of government, or tough entrepreneurs.

Meanwhile, VVIP (Very-Very Import Person) officials, refer to those who have the highest privileges and take precedence over VIP officials, such as the President and his family, the Vice President and his family, state guests at the level of head of state or head of government, leaders of international organizations, to ministers.

According to the Regulation of the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment Number 87 of 2005, escorting the official car of state officials aims to ensure the safety and smooth journey of the official concerned in carrying out state duties.

Patwl's main task is to provide escort from traffic disturbances or threats that may occur during travel other than that, the use of a patent is only for state officials who need high security, such as the President, Vice President, and ministerial-level officials.

Officials or individuals who are not included in these criteria are not allowed to pay for a patent, except under certain conditions that require escort.

The service capability with certain number plates that are escorted by officers can only be used when carrying out official duties or urgent state activities.

If there is misuse of official and patent car facilities for personal or non-dinasical purposes, administrative or legal sanctions can be imposed in accordance with applicable regulations.

Furthermore, PP No. 43 of 1993 also regulates road use. Article 65 paragraph 1 of the PP explains that road users must comply according to the following priority sequence:

a. Fire fighting vehicles that are carrying out their duties

b. Ambulances carrying sick people

c. Vehicles to provide assistance to traffic accidents

d. National Head of Vehicles (President or Vice President) or Foreign Governments that become state guests

e. The convoy of corpse delivery

f. Convoys, parades or vehicles of disabled people

g. Vehicles that are used for special purposes or transporting special goods

All the vehicles above must take precedence in traffic. Article 65 paragraph (2) of the PP above states that the vehicles that get priority must be accompanied by the escort of an authorized officer or equipped with other signs or signs.

If there is a road escort action, other road users are required to give priority to vehicles being escorted.

That's the information about the provisions of the Patwal on the road. Get news updates of other options only on VOI.ID.