Mr. Anies, This Jakarta II Dapil DPR Member Gets Many Residents Protest About Changing Street Names

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JAKARTA - DKI Provincial Government is asked to evaluate the policy on changing street names in the area. He admitted to receiving a lot of public protests.

"I received a lot of input from residents who asked the DKI Provincial Government to re-evaluate the policy related to changing street names in DKI Jakarta. This policy received a lot of protests from residents because of the lack of socialization and not going through the community consultation process first," said DPR Member Christina Aryani, Monday, July 18.

The residents' protests are well-founded. Changes in street names make it difficult for people to change residence documents, such as identity cards (KTP), child parent cards (KIA), family cards (KK), and other population documents.

According to the member of the DPR for the DKI Jakarta II Dapil, the consequences of changing street names also have implications for changes in residents' administrative documents, the management of which needs to be processed.

Christina assessed that in order for the policy to run well, the DKI Provincial Government also needs to build intense communication with the community first, especially in locations where there will be changes in street names.

"Because there are many people who protest because they are not involved in making this decision. Of course, people should also be involved so it doesn't seem like they are being forced," he said.

The member of Commission I of the DPR RI said that if it turns out that the policy cannot be reviewed again, then there must be a guarantee from the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government which ensures that the consequences of changing street names do not bring difficulties for residents.