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View all search resultsThe Jakarta administration and the City Council have begun the deliberation of the city's 2020 legislation program in the hope of improving on a substandard performance of the previous legislative term with numerous unfinished bylaws.
After a long debate during deliberation of the capital’s 2020 budget priorities (KUA-PPAS), held prior to deliberating the 2020 city budget, the City Council’s commission D overseeing development affairs, and the Jakarta Bina Marga Road Agency decided to cut Rp 204 billion (US$14.53 million) from the sidewalk renovation budget for next year.
Photos of tree stumps on Jl. Cikini Raya have previously made the rounds and gone viral on social media, with netizens lamented the fellings, which the Jakarta Forestry Agency said were part of the sidewalk renovation project in the area.
The city allocated Rp 82.8 billion (US$5.9 million) for children’s multipurpose glue and Rp 124 billion for pens. The items were listed under “operational costs for elementary schools”.
Anies claimed that he had run 14 flagship programs this years as part of efforts to realize Wajah Baru Jakarta (the New Face of Jakarta), a catchphrase he introduced as an umbrella program to differentiate his policies from those of his predecessor.
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