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Ahok refuses to reinstate school principal despite court ruling
Federation of Indonesian Teachers Associations (FSGI) advisor Itje Chodidjah (right) and FSGI secretary-general Retno Listyarti make a press statement on "Indonesia's education year-end note" at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute on Jan
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Federation of Indonesian Teachers Associations (FSGI) advisor Itje Chodidjah (right) and FSGI secretary-general Retno Listyarti make a press statement on "Indonesia's education year-end note" at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute on Jan. 3. Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has refused to reinstate Retno as a high school principal despite a Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) ruling favoring Retno in a lawsuit against the Jakarta Education Agency. (Antara/Reno Esnir) (FSGI) advisor Itje Chodidjah (right) and FSGI secretary-general Retno Listyarti make a press statement on "Indonesia's education year-end note" at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute on Jan. 3. Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has refused to reinstate Retno as a high school principal despite a Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) ruling favoring Retno in a lawsuit against the Jakarta Education Agency. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
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span class="inline inline-center">Federation of Indonesian Teachers Associations (FSGI) advisor Itje Chodidjah (right) and FSGI secretary-general Retno Listyarti make a press statement on "Indonesia's education year-end note" at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute on Jan. 3. Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has refused to reinstate Retno as a high school principal despite a Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) ruling favoring Retno in a lawsuit against the Jakarta Education Agency. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has refused to reinstate Retno Listyarti as a school principal despite a court ruling in her favor in a lawsuit against the Jakarta Education Agency.
Ahok said on Friday that he would not reinstate Retno as the principal of SMAN 3 Jakarta state senior high school.
"School principal is not a [functional] position. Besides, we are the ones who decide who should be appointed a principal," he told journalists at City Hall.
Ahok added that a principal position was different to a position of Jakarta Education Agency head as a principal had the additional duties of a teacher.
Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) on Thursday declared Retno the victor in her legal suit against the Jakarta Education Agency, which fired her in May last year over disciplinary issues.
The court also ordered the agency to end disciplinary action against Retno and to reinstate her as principal of a senior high school in Jakarta.
Ahok said he had not decided whether to appeal.
"I don't know yet, let's just wait and see," he said.
Retno was fired by Jakarta Education Agency head Arie Budiman following her absence during the national exam last year when she was interviewed by a private television station on the implementation of the nationwide exam.
The secretary-general of the Federation of Indonesian Teachers Associations (FSGI) then filed a lawsuit against her dismissal.
She expressed gratitude following the court verdict on Thursday.
"Being a principal again was not the purpose [of the lawsuit] but to prove that my dismissal was unwarranted. But if the court orders the revocation of my dismissal then I can be a principal again," she said as quoted by kompas.com. (rin)(+)
