Proposing The Special Committee For Investigation Of The Industrial Tragedy, The DPR On The Online Ticket System And CCTV At The Stadium

JAKARTA - A number of members of the DPR across factions who proposed the formation of the Special Committee (Pansus) for the Kanjuruhan Tragedy investigation alluded to the ticket booking information system and CCTV cameras installed during the Arema FC vs Persebaya Surabaya match on Saturday, October 1 night.

The members of the DPR compared with the soccer tragedy which was also deadly when Peru hosted Argentina on May 24, 1964.

The Tokyo Olympics qualifying match claimed 328 lives. However, in practice the match did not use advanced technology that could be used to investigate the emergence of tragedy.

"But remember that incident occurred on May 24, 1964, where there is still no online ticket application that ensures the number of spectators in the stadium, there is no advanced closed circuit television (CCTV) technology to monitor all corners of the stadium, so there are no strict FIFA regulations," said member of Commission III of the PKB faction. Heru Widodo, during a press conference at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday, October 3.

Heru explained that currently the development of technology and modern regulations are used so that football becomes a safe and comfortable spectacle.

But the fact is that in Indonesia, deadly events for football fans continue to occur. According to him, from 2005 to mid-2022 alone, at least 68 football fans have died.

"With extraordinary events such as the Kanjuruhan Tragedy, you can conclude for yourself how behind our football management is," he said.

Meanwhile, according to Heru, the proposal to form the Pansus of the Tragedy of the DPR has been supported by eight factions as of Monday, October 3 afternoon.

The members of the DPR who signed the support for the formation of the Special Committee were among them from the PDI-P faction, the Golkar Party faction, the PKB faction, the Gerindra faction, the Democratic faction, the PAN faction, the NasDem faction, and the PKS faction.

Heru said that his party would bring a signature for this support to the leadership of the DPR to be ratified in the DPR Plenary Meeting. "We hope that the Kanjuruhan Special Committee will be formed as soon as possible so that it can work quickly in the field," he said.