JAKARTA - The Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) imposed sanctions on the Regent of Indramayu, Lucky Hakim, due to violations of procedures for overseas official travel permits. Lucky is known to have traveled to Japan without obtaining an official permit from the central government.
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Bima Arya Sugiarto, conveyed the decision on Tuesday, April 22. The sanctions imposed are in the form of the obligation to follow the deepening of government political governance at the Ministry of Home Affairs for the next three months.
According to Bima Arya, the sanction was imposed after the Ministry of Home Affairs Inspectorate team conducted an examination and found that Lucky Hakim did not understand any rules requiring regional heads to apply for permits before traveling abroad, although during the trip there was no use of the regional budget (APBD).
"Violation of this procedure remains a form of negligence. It cannot be taken lightly," said Bima Arya.
In addition to undergoing further investigation at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Lucky Hakim is also required to participate in activities in a number of directorate generals, including the Directorate General of Politics and General Government, Regional Finance, and Regional Development (Bangda).
The Ministry of Home Affairs hopes that this incident will be an important lesson for all regional heads not to travel abroad carelessly.
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"Together leave is for the people, not for officials. Regional heads have continuous public service duties. Every overseas trip, whatever the goal, must get official permission," Bima said.
He emphasized that the provisions were clearly contained in the Ministry of Home Affairs regulations and must be obeyed by all regional officials. Every violation will be followed up by inspection of the inspectorate to determine sanctions in accordance with the level of violation.
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