Jakarta. Acting Governor Basuki Tjahaja
Purnama has put the kibosh on a proposal submitted by city councilors to
fly to the United States on a study trip.
“They are proposing an overseas visit, to the United
States. I don’t know how many people, but they won’t be regional
councilors soon – so why would they want to go there?” Basuki said.
Several members of the Jakarta Legislative Council
(DPRD) had proposed a budget for the seminar, which compares managements
of cities around the world. But Basuki said the risk of the city budget
being misused, or a perception of mismanagement when the city faces
greater problems, outweighed the possible benefit of the study.
“For the sister city study, all factions want to go. If I let them, others will ask me,” Basuki said.
“I just told them, ‘No’,” he said.
By Lenny Tristia Tambun on 08:21 pm Jul 01, 2014
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