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Malang regency proposes Rp 580 billion budget for renovating Kanjuruhan
"President [Joko] Jokowi [Widodo] has promised the funding for the renovation project and I have signed the proposal for Rp 580 billion. This is also proposed by a team from the local public works agency," Malang Regent M. Sanusi said, as quoted by Kompas.com.
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Motorists commute pass Kanjuruhan Stadium the morning after a stampeded at a soccer match between Arema FC and Persebaya Surabaya in Malang, East Java on Oct. 2, 2022. (AFP/AFP)
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ust over a week after the deadly stampede at the Kanjuruhan Stadium, which left more than 132 people dead, the local administration in Malang, East Java, has said that it has proposed Rp 580 billion (US$41 million) in funding to the central government to start a renovation project for the sports complex.
"President [Joko] Jokowi [Widodo] has promised the funding for the renovation project and I have signed the proposal for Rp 580 billion. This is also proposed by a team from the local public works agency," Malang Regent M. Sanusi said, as quoted by Kompas.com.
Sanusi said the budget would only be enough to cover renovation projects for some parts of the stadium.
"This will be for key safety features. For all features covering the whole stadium the budget will reach around Rp 800 billion. This I already told Pak President," he said, referring to Jokowi.
During a visit to Kanjuruhan days after the deadly stampede, Jokowi ordered an audit of all soccer stadiums in the country, vowing to find the "root" cause of one of the deadliest disasters in the sport's history.
"I want to know the root of the problem that caused this tragedy so that we can get the best solution," he told reporters outside Saiful Anwar Hospital in Malang.
"I will instruct the Public Works and Public Housing Ministry to audit all stadiums used for the [soccer] league," he said.
Hundreds of people rushed the exits of the stadium, several of which were locked, resulting in a crush that left many trampled to death or asphyxiated.
“The problem was in the locked doors and the stairs being too steep, plus the panic", the President said, but he would wait for the conclusions of an investigation task force.
