Bobby Nasution Prepares 300 Scholarships At Unpri, Criticized By UMSU Academics

Medan Mayor Bobby Nasutio/PHOTO VIA ANTARA

MEDAN - Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution's 300 scholarship program at Prima Indonesia University (Unpri) was questioned. Bobby is considered to have violated the principles of public policy.

This criticism was made by an academic from the Muhammadiyah University of North Sumatra (UMSU), Shohibul Anshor Siregar. According to him, such cooperation violates the principles of public policy.

"But he (Bobby) brought the full name of the position (Mayor of Medan). What is so special about the campus that he can give 300 scholarships, no matter how much money, I think it violates the principles of public policy. I do not reject that, my advice, distribute it more, 1,000 scholarships for all campuses in Medan," Shohibul told reporters, Thursday, October 28.

For this academic, Bobby Nasution as mayor must prioritize the norms and ethics of public policy. Bobby Nasution was asked not to discriminate.

"Why should he give scholarships to certain campuses? Unless the campus is collapsing, or is hit by an earthquake, why should he be jealous. There is a strong reason to give special treatment," he said.

For Shohibul Bobby Nasution is in a dilemmatic position and full of consequences. Because if this continues, Bobby could be sued because of his policy.

"It can be sued, where does the money come from? Everything is more open. It continues to be explained, 'actually the mayor doesn't have money', it means you are an idiot, you can just take your name, as people say later," he continued.

"That can be called abuse of power. It is part of corruption, corruption is active and disabled. He uses his position for the benefit of others," he said.

But if the policy is canceled, Bobby Nasution will be judged not to have properly implemented the policy. Moreover, the scholarship application process is ongoing.

Therefore, UMSU academics suggested that Bobby Nasution increase the number of scholarship recipients up to 1,000 quotas. Then, the scholarship is divided evenly across all campuses in Medan City.

"Expand it to 1,000 in all campuses in Medan. That's the only way. Tell the community, Unpri is one of many campuses, it is aimed at the poor people of Medan who study in all campuses, the distribution is a few percent up to 1,000 in total, he should do that. say," he said.