PDI Perjuangan favors one parking operator

PDI Perjuangan favors one parking operator

JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
Perjuangan) faction in the City Council urged the administration
on Thursday to appoint only one private company to manage the
city's on-street parking.

Faction chairman Audy I.Z. Tambunan also said it was necessary
for the city administration to appoint a parking operator soon to
avoid any negative public opinion.

"People might assume the administration still wants to take
advantage of the City Parking Agency, which is believed to be a
financial source for certain officials," Audy said.

City Council leaders suggested the administration appoint PT
Adiwira Sembada and PT Mega Masagena Nusantara to manage the
capital's on-street parking. They said Adiwira Sembada could
manage parking in Central and South Jakarta, while Mega Masagena
Nusantara could run the parking in West, North and East Jakarta.

Tambunan said the government should appoint PT Adiwira to
manage on-street parking across the capital because the company
had pledged to contribute Rp 12 billion (US$1.2 million) to the
city's coffers. This compares to the Rp 1.2 billion in revenue
achieved last year by the City Parking Agency, following average
losses of Rp 4.5 billion over the previous two years.

Another PDI Perjuangan councillor, Jannes Pardosi, denied his
faction was backing PT Adiwira for any other reason but the
qualifications of the company.

"Our support for the company is based on a study by the School
of Technology at the University of Indonesia of the four
companies who bid for the management of the city's parking,"
Jannes said.

The study ranked PT Adiwira as the best of the four companies,
followed by PT Mega Masagena Nusantara.

Jannes also said PT Adiwira had promised to employ all of the
City Parking Agency's more than 10,000 parking attendants.

It will also be easier for the city administration to monitor
parking if it is managed by one operator instead of two, Jannes
said.

He said council leaders suggested appointing two companies to
manage on-street parking during a meeting which was not attended
by the City Council's deputy chairman from PDI Perjuangan,
Tarmidi Suhardjo. (jun)