Jakarta. Several community and neighborhood chiefs said that they planned to take Acting Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, popularly known as Ahok, to court following his proposal that City Hall appoint local representatives directly.
“We work day and night to serve the public all times,” said Haris, head of RW 08 in Johar Baru subdistrict, as quoted by Metrotvnews.com on Wednesday.” It is not true, as [Basuki] said, that we do not do our jobs — we object to his statement.”
Basuki proposed the idea of having the head of each of Jakarta’s five municipalities appoint neighborhood and community heads.
“It’s okay, they can file the legal complaint,” Jakarta’s acting governor said at City Hall on Friday. “They have right to do it. The more they complain, they more I know who they really are.
“The more they control plots of lands, the more money they get and they become more powerful. They will not obey the subdistrict chiefs,” he said. “We will contract individuals. If there is high demand for the post — we will give the public the right to choose their community and neighborhood units.”
Community and neighborhood chiefs are currently paid Rp 750,000 ($64) monthly from the regional budget.
By SP/Deti Mega Purnamasari on 05:23 pm Jun 13, 2014
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