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Blame-Game Erupts Over New House Tower ‘Chaos’
Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman | May 25, 2011

An older, taller, version of the new planned legislative building was still on display at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, a sign of the indecision over the project.  (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) An older, taller, version of the new planned legislative building was still on display at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, a sign of the indecision over the project.  (JG Photo/ Yudhi Sukma Wijaya)
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komkris2000
10:49am May 25, 2011

I had a big laugh on this article and suddenly remembered a story when I was at school .

Quote:

This is a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it.

Everybody was sure Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that because it was Everybody's job.

Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody

wouldn't do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when actually Nobody asked Anybody.

What a Fxxx -Up

Considering the paycheck they enjoyed monthly. Absurd ! LOL

Have a nice day mate !


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The Public Works Ministry is responsible for the mess surrounding a controversial plan to build an office tower for legislators, an official claimed on Tuesday.

Refrizal, deputy chairman of the House’s Household Affairs Committee (BURT), which is responsible for the project, said it was the ministry’s constantly changing design proposals that prompted House Speaker Marzuki Alie to halt the project.

He said the ministry’s first proposal was for a 27-story tower, which it later revised to 33 stories, then 36 stories.

“Now they’ve changed it again and proposed that it be cut down to 26 floors,” Refrizal said.

“This chaos is their responsibility. We’re being cheated by the ministry.”

On Monday, Marzuki said all ongoing activities related to the new building plan would be halted, following a meeting with Public Works Minister Djoko Kirmanto.

The ministry recently recommended that the building be scaled back from the 36-story design to just 26, slashing the budget from Rp 1.13 trillion to Rp 777 billion ($132 million to $91 million). Refrizal also said the ministry and not the BURT should be answerable for allegations of massive markups in the project, whose estimated cost has been slashed progressively from an initial Rp 1.8 trillion since it was announced.

“About allegations of markups, just ask the Public Works Ministry,” he said.

“This whole problem starts and ends with the ministry.”

However, Sumirat, a ministry official tasked with heading up the House Secretariat’s building maintenance unit, said the ministry’s perceived role in the project had been misconstrued.

He said the latest proposal for 26 floors had actually been mandated by Finance Minister Agus Martowardoyo, who wanted the Public Works Ministry to come up with a new design based on a more streamlined budget.

The finance minister had in turn gotten his orders from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a cabinet meeting held in April, he added.

“Maybe the legislators aren’t familiar with this issue and so they’ve misunderstood the matter,” Sumirat said.

“Of course a budget cut would automatically affect the building design.”

Ray Rangkuti, director of the Indonesian Civic Network (LIMA) and a vocal critic of the project, said Refrizal was simply trying to deflect criticism of the plan away from the BURT.

He said the Public Works Ministry’s role in the project was that of a consultant rather than a decision-maker, while the BURT and the House Secretariat were the ones with the final say.

“I don’t think it’s appropriate to blame the ministry for the new design or the mess that has arisen from this project,” Ray said.

“The final decision makers are the House leaders, the BURT and the Secretariat. They’re just looking to pass on the blame by making the ministry a scapegoat.”