Responding To The Fort Vastenburg Assets Benny Tjokro Confiscated By The AGO, The Surakarta DPRD F-PDIP Encourages Its Management To Return To The City Government

Fort Vastenburg Solo in Central Java, assets belonging to the convict Benny Tjokrosaputro were confiscated by the AGO. (Between)

JATENG - The Vastenburg Solo Fort area owned by Benny Tjokrosaputro as a convict of financial management corruption and investment funds by PT Asuransi Jiwasraya and Asabri, was confiscated by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) yesterday.

The chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) faction of the Surakarta City DPRD, YF Sukasno, hopes that Benny Tjokro's assets confiscated in Solo can return to government property

"All the people of Surakarta City care about the sustainability of the Vastenburg Fort area, because the assets confiscated by the Prosecutor's Office will soon be auctioned off, but it is hoped that they will return to the government," said Sukasno while visiting the Vastenburg Fort area in Solo, Friday, July 28, which was confiscated by Antara.

Sukasno said the F-PDIP of the Surakarta DPRD respects the ongoing legal process involving Benny Tjokro's assets, but what needs to be considered again is that the Vastenburg Fort area is actually a cultural heritage building (BCB) as decided by the Mayor of Surakarta. So according to him, the entire Surakarta City community cares about the sustainability of this Vastenburg Fort.

"I still remember because of BCB, so it is not easy to build or build anything in the fort area. During the time the Mayor of Surakarta was held by Joko Widodo, who is now President of the Republic of Indonesia, there are nine building rights (HGB) in the fort area. Because, entering the BCB so that the Surakarta City Government at that time, did not issue a building permit (IMB) to secure this BCB area," said Sukasno.

Then, he said, continued by the Mayor of Surakarta FX Hadi Rudyatmo to continue the policy. In fact, when the Mayor of FX Hadi Rudyatmo received a grant of two plots to the south of the fort and got the key to managing from the ministry so that in and out of the fort there was no need for permission anywhere else.

"So whoever owns this BCB area, it is difficult to build any building," he said.

He hopes that the Mayor of Surakarta, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, can bring the full management of Vastenburg Fort to the Surakarta City Government, including his HGB, to the local City Government.

"We, the PDIP faction, the extension of the party and the next steps, will be reported to the party and ask the Chairperson of the Surakarta PDIP DPC to immediately hold three pillars of hunger, namely party executives or party administrators, cadres assigned to the executive as mayors, and party cadres assigned to the legislature," he said.

In principle, he continued, all agreed that the state must be present to resolve this issue and the Vastenburg Fort area because of BCB so that it can return to government property.

Previously, the Attorney General's Office continued to search and hunt for assets belonging to Benny Tjokrosaputro, convicted of corruption in financial management and investment funds by PT Asuransi Jiwasraya (Persero), in the Solo area, Central Java.

According to the Director of Execution, Extraordinary Legal Efforts, and Examination at the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes at the AGO, Law on Mugopal, land assets belonging to the convict Benny Tjokrosaputro, there are six plots of land in the Vastenburg Fort area and will be auctioned based on the Tax Object Selling Value (NJOP) market.