Unacceptable To Be Dismissed For Sexual Harassment, Former Head Of BPPBJ Sues Anies To Court

Former Head of the DKI Jakarta Goods and Services Procurement Service Agency (BPPBJ), Blessmiyanda (DOK IST)

JAKARTA - Former Head of the DKI Jakarta Goods and Services Procurement Service (BPPBJ), Blessmiyanda sued DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan to the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN).

Bless sued Anies because he was removed from his previous position. He was dismissed by Anies because he was proven to have sexually harassed one of his employees at BPPBJ.

Judging from the official website of the Administrative Court, the lawsuit was registered as of July 8, 2021 with case number 162/G/2021/PTUN.JKT.

In his lawsuit, Blessmiyanda asked the Jakarta Administrative Court to cancel the Decree (SK) of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 499 of 2021 which was issued on April 23, 2021.

The decree contains the imposition of a severe level of disciplinary punishment in the form of release from the position of the Head of the Procurement Service Agency for the Province of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta on behalf of Blessmiyanda.

"The lawsuit declares null or void the Decree of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 499 of 2021. Requires the defendant to revoke the Decree of the Governor of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta Number 499 of 2021," wrote the official website of the Jakarta Administrative Court, Thursday, July 8.

Furthermore, in the lawsuit, Bless asked Anies to restore his good name and again raise his position as Head of DKI BPPBJ.

"Requires the defendant to rehabilitate the position, dignity, and dignity of the plaintiff as before in the position of the Head of the Provincial Procurement Services Agency for the Special Capital Region of Jakarta," he wrote.

As is known, Bless was proven to have sexually harassed one of his employees based on the results of the inspection by the inspectorate. Bless abused the DKI Jakarta City Hall Block G Building, which is in the same neighborhood as the DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan's office.

"What Blessmiyanda has done is demeaning, because it has been proven that it was done in the office and during office hours," said Assistant to the Government of DKI Jakarta Provincial Secretary Sigit Wijatmoko in his statement, Wednesday, April 28.

On that basis, Sigit said that his party had imposed severe disciplinary sanctions. Bless received two sanctions, the first was the release of office. Second, Bless is subject to a 40 percent reduction in employee income allowance (TPP) for 24 months.