Poor discipline upsets deputy governor
Poor discipline upsets deputy governor
JAKARTA (JP): Deputy Governor of Welfare Affairs Djailani has
expressed concern over shortcomings in the national discipline
movement in the city.
Djailani said the movement had not progressed as well as
expected mainly due to difficulties such as the installation of
traffic signs in the wrong places.
"We slap ourselves in the face if we place traffic signs in
places where it is impossible for people to obey."
Djailani made the remarks during an inspection for a first-
hand look at the implementation of the discipline movement on Jl.
Sutoyo in East Jakarta.
He pointed to a bus shelter in front of the Indonesian
Christian University which was too small to accommodate a large
number of people.
Not far from the shelter there was a sign prohibiting
motorists from stopping, which Djailani said was improper as it
was too close to the bus stop.
"Officials should choose proper and logical places for traffic
signs. Don't just prohibit people from doing this or that without
thinking of the consequences."
The bus shelter was crowded with passengers, creating a long
queue dotted with sidewalk vendors, and buses were forced to line
up.
Oriyanto Sapardal, head of traffic supervision for the City
Land Transportation Agency, who accompanied Djailani, said the
street in front of the university was notorious for its traffic
congestion because of the many buses plying a variety of routes,
including Bekasi.
The discipline movement was launched in 1995 by President
Soeharto to encourage people to observe the basic elements of
discipline, ranging from queuing, disposing of litter in the
proper places and obeying traffic regulations.
Djailani also visited crowded Jl. Perindustrian on the
opposite side of the university where buses stopped recklessly to
pick up and drop off passengers.
"Such a situation should not be happening if the discipline
movement's cadres exercised tight control over the traffic and
warned the drivers not stop there." (ind)