Council to propose draft bylaw on asset management<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): In a move to prevent losses of city assets, the
\nCity Council will soon submit a draft bylaw on city asset
\nmanagement, a councilor said on Monday.<\/p>\n
"We find it necessary to submit and deliberate such a draft
\ncity bylaw because there is no regulation at all to regulate city
\nasset management," councilor Amarullah Asbah of the Golkar Party
\nfaction announced at his office.<\/p>\n
Amarullah, who is also chairman of Council Commission C for
\nfinancial affairs, said that currently city assets were estimated
\nto be worth more than Rp 67 trillion (US$893 million).<\/p>\n
Data at the City Supplies Office shows that the estimated
\nvalue includes more than 12,000 plots of land and the buildings
\non the plots.<\/p>\n
"The value would be much higher if we were to include city
\nassets which are in dispute with other parties. I estimate that
\nit could reach Rp 200 trillion in total," Amarullah said.<\/p>\n
"The draft bylaw, if enacted, will enable the City Supplies
\nOffice not only to register all city assets, but also to impose
\nlegal actions on any violating parties," he added.<\/p>\n
The councilor said the proposal to deliberate the draft bylaw
\nwas not the first of its kind as he made a similar proposal in
\nSept. 1998, during the previous council term.<\/p>\n
He told the council at the time that prevailing legal bases
\nfor controlling the management of properties were no longer
\nadequate to protect the properties from unlawful use, which
\nusually led to the ownership of the land being disputed.<\/p>\n
"As the current legal bases cover only practical things, the
\nplanned bylaw is expected not only to regulate the properties'
\nregistration but also control usage," he said.<\/p>\n
The bylaw is also expected to define the order of
\nresponsibility in the management of the properties, he said.<\/p>\n
"I hope the bylaw will help reduce the number of properties
\nmisappropriated," he said.<\/p>\n
Responsibility<\/p>\n
Amarullah also told the council that the bylaw should
\nstipulate that all city bureaucrats, ranging from subdistrict
\nheads to the governor, must have knowledge of the properties'
\nexistence so that if there were violations in the management of
\nany land it would be easier to discern who should be held
\nresponsible.<\/p>\n
Amarullah cited an example of what happened to a plot on Jl.
\nBudi Kemuliaan I in Central Jakarta when a portion of it was
\ndeveloped by Bank Indonesia (Central Bank).<\/p>\n
"I heard that Bank Indonesia had sent a letter to the governor
\nrequesting that the 2,670-square-meter plot be made available for
\nthe project. But the governor never discussed the transfer of the
\nland to Bank Indonesia with the City Council," he said, while
\nsuggesting that the city administration should ask for
\ncompensation from the central bank totaling Rp 40 billion.<\/p>\n
Another case, he said, was a gas station on Jl. Sahardjo in
\nSouth Jakarta, which was once managed by the Capital and
\nInvestment Management Board (BPIPM).<\/p>\n
"I've been told that the board sold the 600-square-meter
\nproperty to a third party without telling the authorities," he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
"Such cases are proof of how important a city bylaw on city
\nasset management is."<\/p>\n
He said the bylaw would enable city councilors to keep track
\nof city assets and to take legal action against those violating
\nit.<\/p>\n
"The bylaw will also expand the City Supplies Office into an
\nagency capable of performing its duties with its new authority,"
\nhe said. (05)<\/p>",
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