City to check IDs in weeklong operation
City to check IDs in weeklong operation
JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will launch a week-long
ID card operation in the city's five mayoralties in a bid to
check whether newcomers entering the capital have adequate
documents, Governor Sutiyoso said on Wednesday.
Sutiyoso said the operation was particularly significant this
year because the capital could no longer afford to accommodate
newcomers who neither had permanent places to stay nor permanent
jobs.
"The more newcomers from other cities that come into the
capital, the more difficulty city administration will have in
handling the increasing social problems," Sutiyoso said.
Called Operasi Yustisi, the operation is a requirement in
fulfilling Gubernatorial Decree No. 160/1998 on guidelines to
registration.
The decree states that an individual who intends to reside
here should meet certain prerequisites and conditions, including
providing official documents stating that the individual has
moved from his hometown, a letter guaranteeing a place to reside
in the city and work papers.
The annual operation, conducted after the Idul Fitri holiday
when many city residents leave the capital to celebrate the
festive season in their hometowns, is aimed at netting newcomers
who fail to produce ID cards, travel documents from village
officials and report their arrival to subdistrict heads.
Meanwhile, Sjahrin Lumban Toruan, head of the city population
agency, said the number of newcomers entering the capital this
year reached about 234,000, up from the estimated 225,000 in the
corresponding period last year.
"This does not necessarily mean that the 234,000 newcomers
will reside here. Jakarta could just be a transit area for them,"
Sjahrin said on Thursday.
The figure, he said, was calculated from the difference
between those leaving and those entering the city during the
festive season through bus terminals, train stations, Tanjung
Priok seaport, by airplane and private vehicles on public
highways and on toll roads.
Sjahrin explained that when Operasi Yustisi was completed, his
agency with the help of the five mayors, district and subdistrict
heads, would conduct another operation to ensure that newcomers
follow the capital's regulation on population.
"For that, all of the capital's residents are advised to have
their administration papers, ID cards and other related documents
on hand." (ylt)