DPRD Still Waiting For Law Enforcement To Intervene Over Rotten Rice Allegedly Product Of Social Assistance

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JAKARTA - Head of Commission E DPRD DKI Jakarta, Iman Satria, stated that there are no plans to summon the Social Service (Dinsos) regarding the finding of rotten rice which is said to be a social assistance product for 2020.

The reason, said the head of the Commission for People's Welfare, was that the problem was just conjecture, because no legal apparatus had intervened yet.

"I don't think it's over there yet, let's just roll it out and have a look first," said Iman Satria as quoted by ANTARA, Sunday, January 16.

He himself was reluctant to speculate about the alleged case and chose to hand over the matter to the Attorney General's Office or the KPK.

"If the authorities or the Attorney General's Office or the Corruption Eradication Commission have already investigated, let them work first. If there is any news, we will call (the executives) sorry they can't work later," he said.

Previously, the Acting (Pj) Governor of DKI Jakarta, Heru Budi Hartono, said he was not aware of the alleged corruption in social assistance (bansos) carried out by Pasar Jaya.

"I don't know, it's been a long time," said Heru at the DKI Jakarta City Hall.

Heru confirmed that his party had discussed data reconciliation. The reconciliation process has been going on for three to four times.

"In the past, I don't understand," said Heru.

As previously reported, DKI Jakarta Social Service (Dinsos) Head, Premi Lasari, denied that the rotten rice found in Perumda Pasar Jaya's warehouse was a 2020 DKI social assistance product that had not been distributed.

Premium said the contract for the procurement of social assistance for residents affected by the COVID-19 pandemic from the DKI APBD and Pasar Jaya had ended at the end of 2020.

"We did have a contract with Perumdah Pasar Jaya. However, I can confirm that our contract will end on December 31, 2020," said Premi when met in the South Jakarta area, Friday, January 13.

Meanwhile, the mechanism for the procurement and distribution of social assistance by the DKI Provincial Government to residents at that time, said Premi, was also under supervision from a number of institutions, starting from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), to the DKI Jakarta Inspectorate.

Meanwhile, regarding the discovery of piles of spoiled rice in a warehouse owned by a regionally owned food company (BUMD), Premi admitted that she did not know its purpose.

"I don't know. We'll just wait for whoever it is," she said.

Meanwhile, the Acting Head of DKI Jakarta BUMD Development Agency, Fitria Rahadiani, revealed that the yellow and moldy rice in the Pasar Jaya warehouse was leftover stock from the company's retail business.

"For the remaining stock of rice in Pulogadung, based on the results of coordination with Perumda Pasar Jaya, the remaining stock is the remaining stock from the company's retail business," said Fitria.