Council passes planning bylaw
Council passes planning bylaw
Novan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The City Council passed on Tuesday another bylaw on city
development planning, this time to approve the City Strategic
Plan (Renstra), following the passing of two other bylaws on
Monday.
The previous two bylaws approved the City Development
Guidelines (Poldas) and the City Development Program (Propeda).
The City Strategic Plan consists of 15 chapters setting out a
five-year plan for Jakarta, including the city's development
vision and mission, development policies and strategies, eight
development fields, budget policy and performance evaluation.
The eight development fields are law and order;
administration; the economy; education and health; demography and
manpower; socio-cultural affairs; natural resources and
environmental management; and city infrastructure.
According to Law No. 4/1999, the City Development Guidelines
serve as the main development document with political content,
while Law No. 25/2000 states that the City Development Program
should be a comprehensive development planning and managerial
document, which is subsequently further spelled out the City
Strategic Plan.
This Strategic Plan is a tactical and strategic development
planning document.
The city's development vision is "to create a Jakarta, as the
capital of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia, that is humane,
efficient and globally competitive, inhabited by prosperous and
cultured residents with good morals who participate actively in
society and enjoy a safe and sustainable environment."
During the plenary session, councillors expressed various
opinions regarding the bylaw before passing it.
The Justice Party (PK) faction, for example, questioned the
absence of objective parameters to evaluate the governor's
performance.
"All three bylaws on the Development Guidelines, Development
Program and Strategic Plan fail to set out clear and specified
indicators as to what is regarded as a success," said spokesman
Abdul Azis Matnur.
A similar opinion was expressed by Bimo Hastoro of the
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction,
who said that qualitative parameters were not sufficient for
performance evaluation. Quantitative parameters were also
required.
Meanwhile, the PK faction also believed that drafting
important documents such as the Strategic Plan should be done
carefully and in a fully focused manner.
Government Regulation No.108/2000 stipulates that a newly
installed local government chief executive should present a
Strategic Plan within one month of his inauguration.
Many observers believe that it is simply impossible to draft a
comprehensive Strategic Plan within such a short period of time.
Meanwhile, Ade Surapriatna of the Golkar Party faction hoped
that the city administration would improve the technology used in
city management in order to ensure Jakarta would become a true
service city.