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Ahok hosts ‘halal bihalal’ gathering at City Hall
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Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama (right), Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat (center) and Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Moechgiyarto shake hands with civil servants and other guests at City Hall on Monday.
(tribunnews.com/Dennis Destryawan)
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akarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama hosted a halal bihalal gathering at City Hall on Monday, an event to celebrate the Idul Fitri Holiday in which, as per tradition, civil servants shook hands and asked for each others forgiveness.
Deputy Governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat, City Secretary Saefullah and Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Moechgiyarto also attended the event.
Civil servants and other guests formed a queue to shake hands with Ahok and other city leaders. Dismissed officials such as former head of housing Ika Lestari Aji and the former head of city planning Iswan Achmadi, removed from their positions mere days before the Idul Fitri holidays, were also in attendance at the event.
Ahok ordered Djarot to carry out an impromptu inspection on Monday to make sure that all civil servants had returned to work after the week-long holiday.
Ahok had earlier stressed that the Jakarta administration would fine any civil servant who failed to return to work on Monday.
“We will cut the allowance of undisciplined employees. We already have regulation that establishes punishment in the form of allowance cuts, demotion and dismissal. Supervisors will be in charge of monitoring their subordinates,” Ahok said, adding that incompetent supervisors would lose their jobs. (bbn)
