JIS Tribune Barrier Collapses, Gerindra Faction DPRD: Shame!

JAKARTA - Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD is questioning the ranks of BUMD PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) about the collapse of the guardrail at the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) during the JIS Grand Launching event some time ago.

This happened during a working meeting of the DKI DPRD Commission B with Jakpro and the Regional Owned Enterprise Development Agency (BP BUMD).

To the subordinates of the Governor of DKI Anies Baswedan, a member of the Gerindra faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Ichwanul Muslimin admitted that he was ashamed to see the incident.

This is because the damage to the guardrail occurred when the international-class stadium was just inaugurated.

"You guys kindly ask for a budget to build and make excuses for the pride of the citizens of Jakarta, but I have nothing to be proud of. Frankly, it's embarrassing. Just what year GBK was, it just collapsed in 2019. This, (the guardrail) of the JIS stadium ( collapsed) which has only been a few months," said Ichwanul at the DKI Jakarta DPRD building, Tuesday, August 2.

From the incident of the collapse of the guardrail of the JIS tribune when it was packed with spectators of the Persija football club, Ichwanul caught that the construction of the stadium with a budget of Rp. 4.5 trillion was carried out in a hurry and forced.

"Regarding the falling wall, what kind of material was it? When we attended the soft launch, we saw it with our own eyes, the cement was visible, what kind of acian it was. We're not stupid either," explained Ichwanul.

Ichwanul also regretted the attitude of Jakpro as the manager who allowed JIS to be burglarized by a group of wild spectators who did not have tickets for the Persija match at that time.

Ichwanul questioned the security system during the grand launching event which did not control the audience capacity.

"Frankly, yesterday Jakmania who entered was very uncontrolled. The guard was very lacking. This is back to the manager, Jakpro. Why aren't the police involved? No money? Can you build a building as grand as that, more than Rp. 4 trillion, but for the police, you can't, " he said.

For information, the barrier to the stands of the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) suddenly burst in the middle of the grand launching event with a concert agenda to a football match on Sunday, July 24.

Jakpro VP Corporate Secretary, Nadia Diposanjoyo explained, this incident occurred ahead of Persija's friendly match against Chonburi FC. At that time, the enthusiasm of the audience was increasing because the time for the match was getting closer.

Almost all of the Tier 1 stands are filled, even exceeding the available seating capacity. Based on CCTV camera monitoring, it was revealed that a number of spectators climbed the horizontal barrier to sit down and put up banners.

In fact, the strength of the structure and the designation of the boundaries of the stands was not designed as a place to stand, climb, occupy, or access the field or move the stands.

"Due to the activity of the spectators who are based on the horizontal barrier, as a result, there is an additional tensile load on the practical column anchors which are the support for the horizontal barrier to be lifted. This causes the horizontal barrier along with the spectator guardrail on the north side to collapse," said Nadia, some time ago.

In addition, the accumulation of spectators in one location that is not in accordance with their capacity results in the failure of the planned procedures, so that the behavior of the audience is not controlled and results in actions that are beyond the control of officers in the field.