Heru Budi Deactivates Village Officials Who Force PPSU Debt Loans

Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono (Diah Ayu/VOI)

JAKARTA - Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono through the DKI Jakarta Inspectorate disabled officials from Kelapa Gading Barat Village who forced PPSU officers to borrow online loans (pinjol). "It has been deactivated, it is being processed with the Inspectorate," said Heru when met in Ciracas, East Jakarta, Friday, July 21. Heru said that currently the DKI Jakarta Inspectorate is still conducting an examination of the sectional heads in the sub-district who are PPSU superiors. The examination was also carried out by summoning the Head of West Kelapa Gading Village and the Head of Kelapa Gading Sub-district. Heru also did not know what sanctions would be imposed on the person concerned. The imposition of sanctions refers to Government Regulation Number 53 of 2010 concerning Civil Servant Discipline. "If it is true (sanctions) there are rules for ASN strictly in accordance with their mistakes. We'll see if they have to continue or how the recommendations from the Inspectorate are," he explained. Then, during the ongoing investigation, the Inspectorate also wanted to dig up how many PPSUs were victims, to find out the root of the problem to prevent similar cases from happening again. "We want to get the full details, including usually how they do it, look for candidates, we will study that. So that when we make a regulation or technical instructions, we can make sure this doesn't happen again," said Assistant for Government Affairs of the DKI Jakarta Regional Secretariat Sigit Wijatmoko, some time ago. Previously, a PPSU officer in Kelapa Gading named Maulana expressed his concern because he was asked to borrow from the loan application with his personal data by his superiors. Maulana has experienced this loan coercion since January 2022. Maulana does not know the reason why the village staff asked Maulana and a number of her PPSU colleagues to borrow.

After being disbursed, the loan was immediately handed over to his superior. The value borrowed was different between Maulana and several of his colleagues. According to Maulana, officers whose performance was considered problematic were asked for larger loan money.