The Minister of the Interior can dismiss the regional heads, the director general of Otda corrects the meaning of Tito Karnavian

Bisnis.com, JAKARTA – The Director General for Regional Autonomy of the Ministry of the Interior, Akmal Malik, confirmed that the sanctions imposed on regional heads who do not enforce health protocols in their respective regions will be carried out in stages.

This statement clarifies the meaning of the content of the Instruction of the Minister of the Interior number 6 of 2020 on the application of health protocols to control the spread of Covid-19.

In the instruction of the Minister of the Interior it is indicated that the regional chiefs who consider themselves negligent in the application of the health processes in their area will be fired.

“Is [ancaman pencopotan] It is a step to remind all parties that there are responsibilities and obligations that they must fulfill. Obligations, of course, have consequences [jika tidak dilakukan] including sanctions and sanctions which are of course gradual, “Akmal said, quoted from KompasTV, on Thursday (11/19/2020).

Akmal reported that the gradual sanctions referred to ranged from reprimands, the reduction of economic rights, until finally reaching the most severe sanctions, that is, dismissal.

In response to Akmal’s statement, the spokesman for the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) DPP, Pipin Sopian, called the Interior Minister’s instructions “excessive”.

According to him, one of the contents of the instruction can be interpreted in the sense that the Minister of the Interior could immediately dismiss the regional heads who were negligent in the implementation of the rules to enforce the Covid-19 health program.

“By including it, the word is rejected without being declared [rujukannya]. Therefore, the word dismissed must continue in accordance with legal regulations. I think that’s the problem, “said Pipin.

However, if we look at the content of the Instruction of the Minister of the Interior, point number 4 already indicates that the sanction of termination refers to Law No. 23/2014.

The following is an excerpt:

In accordance with Law Number 23 of 2014 on Regional Government, regional heads are reminded of the obligations and sanctions for regional heads as follows:
to. Article 67 of letter b that says: “obey all the provisions of the law”
second. Article 78:
(1) Regional chiefs and / or deputy regional chiefs leave because: a. passed away; b. own request; or
C. fired.
(2) Regional chiefs and / or deputy regional chiefs are removed as indicated in paragraph (1) letter c because:
to. the end of his term;
second. unable to perform tasks continuously or in permanent obstruction consecutively for 6 (six) months;
C. declared in violation of the oath / promise of the position of regional chief / regional deputy chief;
re. does not perform the functions of regional chief and regional deputy director referred to in article 67 letter b;
me. violates the prohibition of regional chiefs and deputy regional chiefs referred to in article 76, paragraph 1), except for letter c, letter i and letter j;
F. committing a reprehensible act;
gram. duties assigned in certain departments by the president that are prohibited from being supplemented by the provisions of the legislation;
h. the use of false documents and / or accounts as a requirement when appointing a regional head / regional deputy director based on evidence from the institution authorized to provide documents; I.
I. Get dismissal sanction