Council continues review of population decree
Council continues review of population decree
JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has asked the city council to continue its review of a new provincial decree on population after it reached an agreement with the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Romulus Sihombing, a councilor from the Indonesian Democratic Party faction, said yesterday that the city secretary, Harun Alrasyid, notified the council that the agreement consisted of several points, including the right to determine fees for the new ID. The city administration is buying new equipment and forms from PT Solusindo Mitra Sejati, a consultant appointed by the ministry to manage the identity cards nationwide.
The administration has decided not to increase the fee for a new ID card from Rp 1,000 (US 46 cents).
Originally, the administration proposed to increase the fee for a new ID card to Rp 3,000.
However, a new provincial decree is still needed as the administration plans to increase the fee for other identity documents such as family cards and birth certificates, Romulus said.
The administration proposed to increase the fee for family cards, birth certificates and other kinds of identity documents, including ID cards for foreigners, from Rp 2,000 to Rp 5,000. The fees for family cards for expatriates is likely to increase from Rp 1,000 to Rp 2,000.
Therefore, he said, the city secretary asked the city council to continue reviewing the bill.
The request was made by the city secretary in a meeting with a special team of the city council today.
Last year the city council decided to stop reviewing the bill until the city administration reached an agreement with the Ministry of Home Affairs on the implementation of the new cards, because Governor Surjadi Soedirja said that the price should not be increased.
"It is not fair that only the fee for ID cards for Indonesians is not increased," Romulus said.
He said that the production cost of a new ID card for Indonesian nationals is more than Rp 1,000, while the fee will remain at Rp 1,000. This means that the administration has to subsidize the remaining cost of the new ID card, he said.
Romulus said that the city administration will start issuing new IDs in five subdistricts of Menteng district, Central Jakarta, next month, while the residents living in 260 other subdistricts will keep the old ID card until the decree is renewed.
The new ID card has a national population number, while the old one has a number specific to each town or area. (yns)