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Jakarta administration criticized for not uploading meeting videos
The Jakarta administration's decision to discontinue the publication of videos of executive meetings has been criticized by an activist, saying it is a setback to efforts to create clean and transparent government.
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Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (right) and his deputy Sandiaga Uno attend a plenary session at City Hall in Central Jakarta on Nov. 15. (JP/Seto Wardhana.)
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he Jakarta administration's decision to discontinue the publication of videos of executive meetings has been criticized by an activist, saying it was a setback to efforts to create a clean and transparent government.
Based on Gubernatorial Decree No. 159/2016 on uploading videos of leadership meetings, the administration is mandated to make the videos accessible to the public by uploading the decision-making process in the hopes of creating transparency. It stipulates that the videos should be uploaded three days after the meeting.
Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno, however, recently said the administration would discontinue uploading the videos to YouTube because they had been misused and instead created public division.
Idris Ahmad from online platform Kawal Jakarta has lamented such a new policy, saying that it contravened the prevailing regulation.
"If the deputy governor does not like transparency, he may revise the regulation. However, as long as it still prevails, the administration should display the leadership meeting videos […]," he said in a statement on Monday.
Based on his observations, Idris said, most of the videos uploaded to the administration's official channel were dominated by less important content, such as ceremonies and working visits, with only one video displaying an executive meeting.
He added that Kawal Jakarta rejected the proposal to discontinue the move, which was introduced by the previous administration.
"As the capital, Jakarta should become an example to other cities," he said. (fac)
