Pramono Asserts No Tolerance for Civil Servants Replacing Official Vehicle Plates
Governor of DKI Jakarta, Pramono Anung, has stated that the DKI Provincial Government will not tolerate violations of discipline by civil servants (ASN).
This was conveyed by Pramono in response to a viral video showing an alleged DKI Provincial Government ASN deliberately replacing an official vehicle number plate from red to white.
“So if in Jakarta it’s like that, we don’t give any tolerance. If it’s indeed for official travel, then use official travel,” Pramono emphasised at the DKI Jakarta City Hall on Tuesday (7/2).
Pramono also highlighted the ASN’s behaviour when caught by authorities. According to him, the ASN’s gestures indicated regret that was not entirely sincere.
“If between regretting and not regretting, it’s a thin difference,” he said.
Pramono admitted to having monitored the recording directly and confirmed that the agency overseeing the perpetrator has imposed administrative sanctions immediately.
“I happened to see it myself, and earlier Mr Secretary General also reported it. We will definitely give a reprimand for that. It’s not allowed. It has been reprimanded by BPAD,” he revealed.
Explaining the context of the incident, the Secretary General (Sekda) of DKI Jakarta Province, Uus Kuswanto, disclosed that the perpetrator was carrying out a task to the Cimacan area in West Java.
“Based on the report from Mr Head of BPAD, the person in question happened to be on a holiday carrying out a task for content on promotional activities. Coincidentally, DKI has one of Mr’s assets in Cimacan,” said Uus.
Although aimed at creating promotional content for a regional asset during the holiday period, Uus emphasised that swapping the vehicle number plate still violated the rules.
“So when the content was being made, it used a vehicle. The problem is that the vehicle had its plate changed to a white plate,” Uus explained.
The Jakarta Regional Asset Management Agency (BPAD) along with related agencies is still conducting further investigations to follow up on the reprimand given.
“That might be what’s being investigated regarding the reprimand period conveyed by BPAD,” said Uus.
Uus stated that the DKI Provincial Government is committed to processing this case to ensure similar incidents do not recur.
“For the work unit, it’s from the Pusdatin UPT, the Asset Regional Agency under Mr Faisal, and it’s now being processed and has been given a reprimand so it doesn’t happen again,” Uus explained.
In the viral video, a police officer stopped a car with a private plate B 1732 PQG in the Puncak area, Bogor.
The police then asked about the car’s original plate. After checking the documents, the driver finally replaced the number plate with the official one.