oleh Parliamentary Center | Jun 24, 2017 | Berita, Kliping, Nasional
22 August 2013
It’s a public secret that Tanah Abang Market is controlled by thugs. During a halal bihalal gathering with students and lecturers of the Islamic State University in Jakarta on Thursday (20/8/2013), President Jokowi said he received many reports of thugs in Tanah Abang Market.
“When I tried to manage the market, many people warned me. There was this problem, that problem, this person, that person and so on,” said Jokowi.
During the planning to re-organize the market, Jokowi had not been allowed by the Jakarta Police to visit the market as the police anticipated the security around the area.
Jokowi said his visit was once postponed due to security threats. “I said, ‘If it continues like this, when will I able to go there?’ I eventually forced myself to go there. Thank God nothing happened. I shook hands with merchants and even thugs, whom I identified from their tattoos,” he said.
Jokowi said the key to restructure Tanah Abang Market is openness. On one hand, Jokowi is open in gathering aspirations from vendors and local figures there so that the restructuring can proceed. On the other hand, the restructuring process is carried out openly.
“No one will protest as long as we are open. No merchant protested to me,” he said.
The relocation of merchants to Block G Tanah Abang is currently ongoing. Around 601 merchants will have a new kiosk in the new place. Some of them have received their kiosk number.
Source: Kompas.com
oleh Parliamentary Center | Jun 24, 2017 | Berita, Daerah, Kliping
24 October 2013
After going through administrative selection, Sukamanah Village at Megamendung District was eventually nominated in the 2013 West Java Village/Sub-District Competition.
Bogor Regency government assistant Rudi Gunawan said the Bogor Regency has been improving from year to year as a result of intensive and continuous development efforts in various fields.
“In Human Achievement Index (HAI), Bogor Regency achieved 73.46 points in 2012 which was a significant increase from 72.88 points in 2011. This achievement motivated us to work hard and achieve 74.03 points in 2013,” said Rudi.
Rudi added that based on evaluation of 413 villages and 17 sub-districts in Bogor Regency in 2011, Sukamanah Village was the most outstanding.
“DesaSukamanah was chosen because Sukamanah Village successfully built openness and cooperation between community institutions and the people. The village also saw an increase in business opportunities for their people and contributed the most in HAI,” he said.
According to Rudi, those achievements should make Sukamanah Village eligible for honorary position in the 2013 village competition and West Java Ambassador position in the 2013 National Village Competition.
Diolah dari http://www.bogorkab.go.id
oleh Parliamentary Center | Jun 24, 2017 | Berita, Kliping, Nasional
22 January 2014
Many regional officials don’t understand about Law No. 14/2008 about public information openness (UU KIP) and the meaning of transparency. Implementation of the law in the government is still weak.
“How can there be commitment to implement if the officials don’t even understand about the law,” aid Lampung Information Commission chairman Juniardi on Friday (17/1).
According to Juniardi, the lack of understanding is caused of lack of efforts from the Home Affairs Ministry in monitoring local governments.
The Home Affairs Ministry has formed a team to assist in the implementation of UU KIP. However, many parties that specialize in information openness, such as the Information Commissions and other NGOs, are not involved.
Juniardi said the team must have a comprehensive program so that UU KIP can be implemented fast.
Source: Republika
oleh Parliamentary Center | Jun 24, 2017 | Berita, Kliping, Nasional
11 December 2013
The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has recorded that from 2003 to 2013, there were 296 cases of corruption in the education sector with estimated state losses of Rp619 billion handled by the police, the prosecutor’s office and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).
ICW Public Monitoring Division head FebriHendri said based on the data, there is no trend of regular increase in corruption cases every year in the education sector. However, state losses experienced a high increase.
In 2003 and 2012, for example, there were only eight cases, but ICW recorded that the state losses were Rp19 billion in 2003 and Rp99.2 billion in 2013.
“In conclusion, even though there was no increase in the number of corruption cases, the state losses always increased significantly every year,” said Febri during a press conference in Solo, Central Java, on Sunday (8/12/2013).
Based on ICW’s research, Special Allocation Fund (DAK) is the sector rife with corruption with 84 cases and Rp265.1 billion in state losses.
School Operational Fund (BOS) followed in second place with 48 cases. However, the state losses are not as much as DAK. There were also only nine cases in the corruption of university infrastructure and facilities, but the estimated state losses were Rp57.7 billion.
“Embezzlement is the most common act of corruption with 106 cases and state losses of Rp248.5 billion. Almost 50 percent of embezzlement cases occurred involving BOS and DAK. These two funds are easy to embezzle,” he said.
Source: http://kampus.okezone.com/read/2013/12/08/373/909104/icw-korupsi-pendidikan-capai-rp619-0-m-di-2003-2013
oleh Parliamentary Center | Jun 24, 2017 | Berita, Kliping, Nasional
12 February 2014
Transparency has become a public demand. The issuance of Law No. 14/2008 about Public Information Openness (UU KIP) has made public bodies incapable of covering up information that people need. The following is an account of information dispute between the Samarinda Environmental Agency (BLH) and the East Kalimantan Mining Advocacy (Jatam).
On 21 March 2013, BLH submitted 63 environmental impact analysis (amdal) documents on all coal mining activities in Samarinda to Jatam. Jatam representative Johansyah Ismail said it was a consequence after six months of dispute at the East Kalimantan Information Commission (KI). BLH was forced through aanmaning or admonition to submit the documents before forced submission by the Samarinda State Court because BLH had violated KI’s legally binding ruling.
Every resident living near coal mining locations is vulnerable to direct and indirect effects from mining operation. Based on the record, many people were affected by mining activities, such as air pollution and loss of water resources.
Coal mining operations also damage roads and are not immune to coal mining accidents. Therefore, public access to information on amdal and mining operation is important for the people.
UU KIP guarantees freedom to information for all people and groups. Public bodies that do not comply with UU KIP will be subjected to prison sentences. Jatam sued BLH to the court six months ago where there was still constitutional guarantee. However, BLH refused to provide data on coal mining activities due to excuses, such as legality of institution and state document confidentiality.
Souce: KaltimPost
oleh Parliamentary Center | Jun 24, 2017 | Berita, Kliping, Nasional
12 February 2014
The Centre for Research and Information (Pattiro) said that the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) had not consistently implemented information openness.
“BPK does not give public access to the first and second Hambalang audit report. BPK exempts that information,” said Pattiro executive director Sad Dian Utomo.
According to Sad Dian, the information was given to Commission IX of the DPR in August 2013 so the information is clearly not exempted.
“Based on Article 7 clause (5) of Law No. 15/2006 about Supreme Audit Agency, audit report that has been submitted to DPR, DPD and DPRD is open for public. We are worried that if the reports are not open for the public, there will be political bargaining that can harm the people,” he said.
Sad Dian also questioned BPK’s decision to give the report to the parliament as BPK should’ve only given the report to law enforcement agencies and DPR is not a law enforcement agency and does not have the authority to obtain information containing investigation results and fraud forensic.
He said BPK’s attorney argued that they submitted the audit report to DPR because they needed it for audit. The request from the parliament for the report is also the first time from external party.
“Does the DPR even have rights to ask for audit report? Do they have the authority for that? Because they are not a law enforcement agency that can receive exempted information from BPK, DPR and BPK can be subjected to article 54 clause (1) of Law No. 14/2008 about public information openness,” said Sad Dian.
The aforementioned article 54 states that any party that has no right to receive and/or provide exempted information is subjected to two years of imprisonment and fine of Rp10,000,00.
Source: BeritaSatu
