DKI Regional Secretary Ensures That There Is No Budget For Echelon IV ASN To Buy Electric Vehicles

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JAKARTA - The Regional Secretary (Sekda) of DKI Jakarta Province, Joko Agus Setyono, said that there is no special budget to buy electric vehicles for the Echelon IV State Civil Apparatus (ASN) in DKI Jakarta.

"The cost of buying electric vehicles is the responsibility of each individual," said Joko as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, August 21.

Joko said that the purchase of electric vehicles for Echelon IV was only an appeal and was not an obligation.

"Not only Echelon IV, but DKI Jakarta Provincial Government employees are advised to use low-emission electric vehicles," said Joko.

Previously, the Acting Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono asked that the transportation allowance for the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government (ASN) Echelon IV and above be diverted to buy electric vehicles.

"If DKI officials have transportation allowances, now I ask to divert them to buy electric motorcycles," said Heru.

The request of Echelon 4 and above ASNs to use electric vehicles is to reduce air pollution in Jakarta, which in recent times has been categorized as unhealthy.

"It will be discussed again, if I am an employee of DKI Echelon IV and above, I must use an electric vehicle, at least an electric motorbike," said Heru.