Ready to be called by the police about Habib Rizieq, Ridwan Kamil: I am the most responsible

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil said he was ready to take responsibility for the arrival of the Grand Imam of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) Habib Rizieq Shihab in the Mega Mendung area, West Java, on Friday (13 / 11/2020).

Ridwan Kamil broadcast the matter through Mata Najwa’s screening entitled ‘Pilah Pilih Urus Pandemi’ that aired on Wednesday night (11/18/2020).

“Basically, anything that happens in the West Java region is my responsibility as governor. Joy, sadly, there are problems, dynamics, so I am the most responsible person if it is necessary to find who is responsible,” Ridwan Kamil was quoted as saying. by Bisnis, on Thursday (11/19/2020).

Furthermore, the familiar man named Kang Emil also apologized when there was confusion in handling Covid-19 from a multi-party perspective.

In the Mata Najwa broadcast, Ridwan Kamil said that the government structure in Indonesia has differences in terms of technical authority.

According to him, the authority of local governments outside Jakarta is not the same as that of the national capital.

“Technical authority, event licensing and others, authority rests with the mayor or regent, so the lines are in the coordinating line. So I’m not reporting that there are thousands of events in the regency cities, because there is no authority from the governor, ”he said.

Not only that, Kang Emil also reviewed the incident at Mega Mendung last weekend. In fact, he discovered that Bogor Regent had not issued a permit for the event.

However, to date no sanctions have been imposed for crowd events that are suspected of violating the Covid-19 health protocol. Kang Emil admitted that he had recommended sanctions with a coordinative line rather than a command line.

“It is in the authority of the Bogor Regent, but with complications it was exposed to Covid, so I have not been able to monitor the instructions according to the regulation of the Governor of West Java,” he continued.

Regarding the crowd last Friday, Bareskrim Jakarta summoned the Governor of West Java for information on the chronology in Mega Mendung, West Java.

Ridwan Kamil said he was ready to provide information to the police, especially about the crowd that broke out in Bogor Regency last weekend.

“On Fridays, as Pak Anies, I will also be summoned by the Jakarta Criminal Investigation Unit to provide clarifying information on the timeline on Mega Overcast,” he explained.