Sutiyoso denies mark up allegation<\/p>\n
Governor Sutiyoso denied allegation that the Jakarta
\nadministration has misused Rp 1 billion (US$98,040) in sanitation
\nfunds to manage garbage collection after the recent floods.<\/p>\n
\"I assure you that the fund has been used appropriately,\" he
\nwas quoted by Antara on Sunday.<\/p>\n
According to Sutiyoso, the money was used to rent dump trucks
\nby the Jakarta Sanitation Agency to transport garbage to the
\nBantar Gebang dump in Bekasi. The amount of uncollected garbage
\ndoubled due to the floods. The city produces some 25,000 cubic
\nmeter of garbage daily.<\/p>\n
Despite his approval for the agency to rent the trucks,
\nSutiyoso agreed that the sanitation fund be audited.<\/p>\n
\"I'm allergic to allegations (on mark-up and corruption). I
\nagree to audit (the fund), why not?\" he said.<\/p>\n
City councillors of Commission D for development affairs
\nalleged that Rp 1 billion was too much only to transport the
\ngarbage.<\/p>\n
Mardjuan Bakrie, a councillor of the National Mandate Party,
\nalleged that the administration had jacked up the budget.<\/p>\n
Agency deputy chief Rama Boedi explained earlier that the fund
\nwas used to pay a rental fee for 83 dump trucks and several
\nexcavators to collect and dump the garbage for a period of 10
\ndays.<\/p>\n
Rama's explanation differed with the agency's report that it
\nonly deployed 56 trucks to deliver garbage in the five
\nmunicipalities here. -- JP<\/p>",
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