City to raise fines, councillor reveals<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The maximum fine for people violating city
\nbylaws will be increased by 100 times from Rp 50,000 (US$5.2) to
\nRp 5 million, chief of the City Council's Commission A for
\nAdministrative Affairs Binsar Tambunan said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
\"So be careful since the city administration has submitted the
\ndraft. We start to deliberate it this week and will complete it
\nby next month,\" Binsar of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
\nStruggle (PDI Perjuangan) said.<\/p>\n
He said the maximum jail term would also be doubled from three
\nmonths to six months.<\/p>\n
He said the current maximum fine imposed on people violating
\ncity bylaws, which has been effective since 1974, no longer fits
\nthe current situation.<\/p>\n
\"The value of rupiah has sharply depreciated so a fine of Rp
\n50,000 does not cause people to think before violating the bylaws
\nany longer,\" he was reported by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n
He said the implementation of Law No. 22\/1999 on regional
\nautonomy would require replacement of all city regulations which
\nreferred to Law No. 5\/1974, which was declared defunct due to the
\npresence of the 1999 law.<\/p>\n
The draft bylaw proposes heavy punishments in order to improve
\norderliness in the capital, Binsar said.<\/p>\n
\"City administration should be the first to prepare for the
\nbylaw. If it is not yet ready, the new ruling will be useless,\"
\nBinsar asserted.<\/p>\n
Binsar said people did not hesitate to violate the current
\ncity bylaws on, among others, public order and maintenance of
\npublic facilities, due to minor punishment. (jun)<\/p>",
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