UI team to assess governor's commitment in speech
UI team to assess governor's commitment in speech
JAKARTA (JP): The city administration will send out an
investigation team from the University of Indonesia (UI) to
monitor the success of eight commitments made by Governor
Sutiyoso in his revised accountability speech in August, an
official said on Monday.
City administration spokesman Muhayat told journalists after a
meeting on Monday that the team would start their observations
this week and would reveal their findings to the governor as soon
as possible.
"If we have to judge the implementation of these (Sutiyoso's)
commitments, we will say that everything went well. That's why we
asked an independent team to conduct the evaluation for us,"
Muhayat said.
"The team will visit all 42 districts in the capital to
witness the improvement of public services as the governor
promised in his revised accountability speech.
"And within the week, they will hold a public expose on their
findings," he added.
Soon after the City Council rejected his first accountability
speech last April, Sutiyoso assured the council that he would
improve the administration's performance by making eight
commitments.
The commitments were to decrease the number of street people
such as prostitutes, beggars and vendors by conducting raids
across the capitol, eliminate fees for identification card
processing and delegate the authority to issue building permits
to each district.
Sutiyoso also promised to improve the service to obtain land
documents, to provide better health and burial services, and to
restructure the city parking agency and city-owned companies.
The governor then submitted a revised accountability speech,
which was later endorsed by the council on Sept. 4.
Sutiyoso is due to deliver his accountability speech early
next year as the government will change to a new fiscal year that
will begin in January. In the past, the fiscal year always
started in April.
Muhayat added that the meeting paid special attention to
processing building permits and continuing raids on people with
social problems.
Meanwhile, caretaker of the City General Affairs Office,
Margani, said that along with the monitoring team, city officials
would also conduct unscheduled visits to each district starting
this week to complement the report from the UI team.
"Each official, especially from the related office, will
conduct the unscheduled visits. The governor may also join the
visits," Margani said.
He also said that reports from the UI monitoring team and the
city officials would be used as the grounds for drafting the
governor's next accountability speech. (dja)