JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan hopes that the proposed criminal sanctions for violators of health protocols will not cause panic in the community.
This proposal is included in the draft amendment to Regional Regulation Number 2 of 2021 concerning COVID-19 which is proposed to the DKI DPRD.
"We hope that the implementation of criminal sanctions in the proposed amendment to Regional Regulation Number 2 of 2020 concerning COVID-19 Response will not cause public panic," Anies said in a plenary speech delivered by Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria at the DKI DPRD Building, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, 21 July.
This criminal sanction, said Anies, will be imposed if he has committed repeated violations. That is, the punishment for anyone who repeats the act of not wearing a mask is carried out after he has been subject to sanctions in the form of social work or administrative fines.
Then, the punishment for certain legal subjects or business actors who repeat acts of violating health protocols is carried out after being subject to sanctions for revocation of business licenses.
The criminal threat is in the form of 3 months imprisonment or a fine of Rp. 500 thousand for violations of not wearing a mask and Rp. 50 million for legal subjects who violate other health protocols.
Anies hopes that this criminal sanction, if it is approved by the DPRD, can make the community increase discipline in the COVID-19 prevention protocol in the midst of high cases.
"People must understand that when they ignore health protocols, law enforcement in the form of criminal sanctions will wait," he said.
He also hopes that the imposition of criminal sanctions will be carried out in accordance with the principles of justice. "Law enforcement is not carried out sharply downwards, bluntly upwards. Once again, the enforcement of this process is one of our joint efforts in completing the COVID-19 response," he said.
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