It's Crazy About Hotel Facilities For Self-Isolation of the Indonesian Parliament Members, This Is The Reason Dyah Roro Esti Refuses

Member of Commission VII DPR Dyah Roro Esti. (Private Dock)

JAKARTA - Pros and cons about providing self-isolation facilities for members of the Indonesian House of Representatives who are exposed to COVID-19 continue. Member Indonesian Parliament of Commission VII, Dyah Roro Esti, firmly rejects the policy of providing three-star hotel facilities for members of the legislature to staff who are undergoing COVID-19 self-isolation.

This is the logical reason he put forward for his refusal. "There are so many layers of society that now do not have decent housing and do not have houses for self-isolation so that the budget allocation for council members is more appropriately directed to people who need it more", she said in a statement in Jakarta, Thursday, July 29.

According to Roro Esti, the budget allocation is more precise and much more useful for people who really need it in the electoral districts of each member of the Indonesia Parliament.

House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia. (VOI Doc-Irfan Medianto)

The alumnus of Imperial College London said that the implementation of the level 4 community activity restriction (PPKM) had an impact on the community's economy.

Therefore, she continued, the implementation of PPKM (Restrictions on Community Activities), which aims to reduce the rate of COVID-19 cases in the country, must still calculate the impact on the community. Currently, according to Roro Esti, Indonesia is in an extraordinary situation that requires extraordinary steps and policies by all parties, including the parliament.

"It would be much wiser and feel right on target if the budget allocation for hotel facilities is more in favor of strategic programs in helping people throughout Indonesia", said the millennial politician from the Golkar Party.

 Member of Indonesian Parliament Commission VII Dyah Roro Esti. (Intermediate Doc)

Roro Esti hopes that the policy of the Secretariat General of the Indonesian Parliament is reviewed and the budget is allocated more wisely for the benefit of the Indonesian people.

Previously, the Secretariat General of the Indonesian Parliament said it would provide three-star hotel facilities for members of the legislature and staff who are undergoing COVID-19 self-isolation.

In a letter dated July 26, 2021, signed by the Secretary-General of the Indonesian Parliament  Indra Iskandar, it was stated that the Secretariat General had collaborated with several hotels to provide self-isolation and quarantine facilities for members of the legislature who were exposed to COVID-19. This is what Dyah Roro Esti questioned as reported by Antara.