PT Securindo defends rights to do business
PT Securindo defends rights to do business
JAKARTA (JP): Secure Parking service provider PT Securindo
Packatama Indonesia (SPI) has stated that it had a legal permit
to run its business at public facilities.
"We have secured a permit to manage parking at offices,
shopping centers and hotels," SPI's president director Rustam
Rahmat told a hearing with City Council's Commission D on
development affairs on Wednesday.
He cited the permit No. 4013/09.01/BB/XII/92, which was issued
by the Jakarta office of the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The Wednesday's hearing was the second after the first one
held on Monday. The hearings were held in response to residents
complaints over expensive parking fees at offices, shopping
centers and hotels, and over the operators failure to contribute
to the city administration.
Fees vary from Rp 1,000 an hour to as high as Rp 2,500 an
hour, such as those charged at the Jakarta Stock Exchange
building in Jl. Sudirman, Central Jakarta.
Commission members suggested at Monday's hearing that parking
services at public facilities should be provided free of charge.
"It is the owners obligation to provide parking facilities in
their buildings," said councillor Ali Imran Husein of the United
Development Party (PPP) faction, while citing that establishing
parking facilities was a prerequisite for obtaining a building
permit.
"It is clearly stated in the Gubernatorial Decree No.
1698/1999 that the Secure Parking operator should pay a
contribution of between 10 and 35 percent to the city
administration and that the highest parking fee is Rp 1,000 per
hour in off-street areas," he added.
Councillors have accused the service providers of having been
hiding behind the Law No. 18/1997 on City Tax and Income
Contributions, which stipulates that there is no obligation for
Secure Parking operators to contribute to the city
administration.
Rustam also said that they only provided the service, while
the parking fees were set by the owners of the buildings.
Commission D chairman, Sayogo Hendrosubroto of the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction said the
commission would study the documents provided by the company.
"We will also invite the City Parking Agency to the next
meeting," he said.
Separately on Wednesday, City Council Speaker Edy Waluyo
supported the councillors' proposal that the Secure Parking
service should be free of charge.
"It is also a part of city administration's mistake as they
failed to socialize the 1999 Gubernatorial Decree and to set the
parking fees," he said. (09)