Reprimand Members Playing Games At The Plenary Meeting, Chairman Of The PDIP Faction Of The DKI DPRD: Whatever The Reason, Not Ethical!

JAKARTA - The chairman of the PDIP faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Gembong Warsono, admitted that he had reprimanded a member of the PDIP faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Cinta Mega, who caused a stir for playing games during a plenary meeting.

"I immediately called the person concerned and asked for clarification, because for me, whatever the reason, it's unethical (to play the game). His name is a plenary meeting, right," said Gembong when contacted, Friday, July 21.

To Gembong, Cinta Mega explained the reason he played games on his device. The delay in the plenary meeting schedule resulted in Cinta Mega, who came at the beginning, waiting longer.

Thus, Cinta Mega felt bored and played games on the tablet that she brought to the plenary meeting room since before the meeting began. However, to Gembong, Cinta claimed that the game was not played when the plenary meeting began.

"He said, 'no, Mas, I'm playing games because the plenary was waiting for him for a very long time. To get rid of boredom, I played games. When I finished plenary, I didn't play games anymore, but I forgot to turn off the tab'. He already admitted that," explained Gembong.

However, after all, Gembong felt that playing games in the plenary meeting room violated the ethics of Cinta Mega as a member of the council. Gembong reprimanded him. Finally, Cinta Mega apologized to Gembong.

"This has finally become a lesson for all of us that what is called plenary, we can't just do it like that. Regarding ethics, we live together, including me. Hopefully this is the first and last for all of us," he explained.

At today's plenary meeting, Cinta Mega sat in the back row of members of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, wearing pink suit.

At that time, a plenary meeting presenting the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono had begun. The meeting began to open by Deputy Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Zita Anjani and had only been running for eight minutes.

Then, DKI Jakarta DPRD member Bambang Kusumanto proposed an interruption. It's just that, Bambang's table microphone is problematic and first repaired.

When Bambang's table microphone was repaired, the atmosphere of the plenary meeting was quite quiet. At this momentum, it appears that the game display is being played on a tablet on the table where Cinta Mega takes it to the paripuna meeting room.

This has become the talk of netizens on social media. Based on the video observations circulating, many netizens call Cinta Mega playing gambling games or slots. However, Cinta Mega denied it.

Cinta Mega claimed that she had played a puzzle game called Candy Crush when the plenary meeting had not yet started.

Cinta Mega admitted to playing games because she was tired of waiting for the time to start the delayed meeting. Supposedly, the plenary meeting was held at 13.00 WIB. However, the meeting only started at around 14.30 WIB.

"Please. This is a clarification. Earlier we were waiting for the plenary session. I played Candy Crush before the plenary session. There was no such thing as gambling," said Cinta Mega to reporters, Thursday, July 20.

However, when the meeting started, Cinta Mega admitted that she forgot to close the game she had previously played. "After the plenary meeting started, I forgot to turn it off (the game). I didn't play. I immediately listened to the meeting. (The device) was just placed on the table," explained Cinta Mega.