In Front Of Holywings Management, DKI DPRD: Why Did You Think Of An Alcohol Promotion Whose Name Is Muhammad-Maria, Mr. Sehat?

Holywings management was summoned by Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD. (Between)

JAKARTA - Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD summoned the ranks of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and Holywings management to evaluate the issue of promoting alcohol for people named Muhammad and Maria, as well as licensing issues for their place of business.

Member of Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Nur Afni Sajim Sajim, admitted that he was surprised. He questioned Holywings' intention of choosing the names Muhammad and Maria for the promotion of free alcoholic beverages.

"How can you make a promotion, why did you think of the name Muhammad-Maria without realizing it? Are you physically and mentally healthy?" said Afni to the management of Holywings at the DKI Jakarta DPRD Building, Wednesday, June 29.

Afni also questioned the violation of the Holywings restaurant license, which apparently did not have a bar business certificate. From this case, he questioned the feasibility standard given by the DKI Provincial Government to a business.

"There is a standard of eligibility, right? The standard of eligibility when opening a bar-based restaurant with such a magnificent sound system, when playing music, dang dung dang dung, everything vibrates. Who issued the eligibility standard?" Afni said.

Therefore, Afni asked the leadership of Commission B to schedule inspections to all Holywings outlets to find out firsthand the completeness of their business licenses.

"So, I hope the leadership makes a decision for us to go to the Holywings outlet. We'll see the management, whether the permits are all there or not. We will check the basic permits, whether they are fulfilled or not," he said.

Recently, Holywings has made a lot of noise again. Promotion of alcoholic beverages, aka alcohol for Muhammad and Maria, is the root of the problem. The South Jakarta Metro Police have named 6 Holywings workers as suspects.

The suspects were charged with Article 14 paragraph 1 and paragraph 2 of Law Number 1 of 1946 and also Article 156 or Article 156 a of the Criminal Code. Then Article 28 paragraph 2 of the Republic of Indonesia Law Number 19 of 2016 concerning amendments to Law Number 11 of 2008 concerning ITE.

They were found guilty after initiating, creating and distributing e-flyers containing promos for free alcoholic beverages for owners of the names Muhammad and Maria on social media.

"The motives of the suspects were that they created the content to attract visitors to the Holywings outlet. (Increasing turnover, ed) Especially at outlets whose sales percentage is below the 60 percent target," said South Jakarta Metro Police Chief Kombes Budhi Herdi Susianto to reporters. , Friday, June 24.

From the alcohol promotion case, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government also gave a sanction in the form of a first written warning. This sanction is stated in Pergub Number 18 of 2018 concerning the Implementation of Tourism Businesses.

Then recently, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government also revoked the permits for 12 Holywings outlets for violating the existing permits. It was revealed that Holywings which has a restaurant license does not have a bar certificate, some outlets only have an alcoholic beverage retailer certificate, and some do not even have a retailer certificate.