Mayor asks locals to prevent graft

Mayor asks locals to prevent graft

BOGOR: Bogor Mayor Diani Budiarto asked residents to take part
in monitoring the municipality's projects in their neighborhoods
to help prevent corruption.

"Do not hesitate to report any developers who fail to meet the
expected quality in their work," he said on Saturday.

He reminded the residents that they could see the names of the
developers and projects, as well as the expected length of
construction period on an announcement board posted on the
project site.

Diani also handed block grant funds to the municipality's 68
subdistricts. Each subdistrict will receive Rp 50 million to be
distributed as soft loans for micro-entrepreneurs.

"I expect accountability and transparency in the use of the
fund," he told subdistrict heads.

He added that the block grant disbursed last year was mostly
used to build infrastructure.

"We will see if we can raise the amount of the fund next year
so it can also be used to empower the residents," he added. -- JP