Serious! Bandarlampung Mayor Will Revoke PPKM Violators' Business Permits

Mayor of Bandarlampung Eva Dwiana while monitoring the operational hours of business locations in the local city, Wednesday (16/2/2022). (ANTARA/Ho)

BANDARLAMPUNG - Mayor of Bandarlampung Eva Dwiana confirmed that she would revoke the business licenses of entrepreneurs if they violated the curfew rules that had been set during the implementation of level 3 community activity restrictions (PPKM).

"We will revoke the permit if someone does not follow the rules set by the government," said Mayor of Bandarlampung, Eva Dwiana, in Bandarlampung, as reported by Antara, Wednesday, February 16.

She also asked that good businessmen in this city, cafes, entertainment venues, cinemas, karaoke, restaurants obey the regulations that have been issued during the COVID-19 pandemic, because this is to anticipate the expansion of the spread of the virus.

"We do not prohibit entrepreneurs from opening their businesses, please open them, but they must also obey the applicable rules," she said.

She also asked these entrepreneurs to work well with the city government, because the issue of opening and closing these business locations had been discussed together many times.

"We have often coordinated and discussed this matter together, so please cafes, restaurants and entertainment venues and other businesses, let's have good cooperation," she said.

She also said that her party had also carried out surveillance by conducting night patrols to monitor and appealed to business actors to obey the rules imposed during PPKM level 3

"We are also monitoring the business locations, so for how long we will see what conditions will be like in the future," she said.

Based on the instructions of the Mayor of Bandarlampung Number 5 of 2022 regarding PPKM level 3 and optimizing the village level COVID-19 post for the control and spread of COVID-19, the eighth dictum regulates the operating hours of businesses such as cafes and restaurants, on a large or small scale from 07.00 to 21.00 western Indonesia time.

Meanwhile, cinemas and other entertainment venues were asked to temporarily close. This Bandarlampung Mayor's Instruction is also effective from February 15-28, 2022.