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Jakarta proposes five draft bylaws
Governor Joko âJokowiâ Widodo submitted on Monday five draft bylaws to the City Council for deliberation
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Governor Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo submitted on Monday five draft bylaws to the City Council for deliberation.
The draft laws are on city agencies, billboards, levies, city-owned developer company PD Pembangunan Sarana Jaya and city-owned waste management firm PD PAL Jaya.
Jokowi pointed out that the draft bylaw on billboards would accommodate electronic outdoor advertisements, such as those using large electronic displays.
'We aim to focus on aspects that can bring added value to the city's spatial planning and architecture. In the long run, we aim to limit the use of big structures for advertisements, including those promoting cigarettes,' he said.
Meanwhile, the draft bylaw on city agencies was proposed as part of the city administration's bureaucratic reform.
Jokowi has been striving to improve the city administration's performance by integrating numerous redundant posts.
Meanwhile, two city-owned firms are expected to receive government investment participation (PMP), with PD Pembangunan Sarana Jaya expected to receive Rp 2 trillion (US$174 million) and PD PAL Jaya Rp 200 billion, according to the proposal.
City Council speaker Ferrial Sofyan said the City Council would address factions' responses to the proposal in a plenary session on Wednesday.
