New DPR Office Building to Include Pool, Spa to Get Legislators ‘Blood Flowing’
Jakarta Globe | August 31, 2010
Pool, gym and spa facilities are included in plans for an expensive new office building for legislators from the House of Representatives. (JG Photo/Yudhi Sukma Wijaya) Related articles
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393771Rather than 'blood flowing', why don't try to get their 'brain working'
OMG...how come lately i have the feeling that everything in the (national) news is basically un-readable?...
must be because it feels like watching an endless of (unfunny) stand-up comedians, waiting in rows to tell their jokes...
very contradictory to the Philippine counterpart. Benigno Aquino is being frugal right because of the country's deficit and overspending from the prior government. and here... $200 million will be spent to make the legislator's blood flowing after hours of meeting? i bet you can do 100 meeting and not making any solution at all!
As it fits just all too well I would like to give comparing numbers - an ICW report about the findings of the KPK just for the first semester 2010 revealed that there have been 176 corruption cases with a total of 2.34 Trillion Rp.! However it is estimated that these numbers represent only around 25% of the real numbers - so about 9 Trillion Rp plus for 1 semester ALONE!
This is really sick!!!
Just to mention it, I took these numbers from another online news-publication!
It would seem money is continually being spent in the wrong places. $200 million is a massive amount of money to spend on just a few when so many struggle just to feed themselves.
It would appear that on one side Indonesia sees fit to do this and on the other it readily accepts aid from foreign countries.
It would somewhat equate to a relative seeking a loan in order to feed the family and then use it to buy a new car.
Surely there are more important infrastructure projects where the money would be better spent. That comes to mind every time I turn on the tap and cannot drink the water or can no longer drive on the dirt roads after rain.
Jakarta. A heavily criticized and costly new office building for Indonesian lawmakers will feature a swimming pool, gym and spa facilities, the head architect confirmed on Tuesday.
Budi Sukada, who heads the team overseeing the project, told the Jakarta Globe the facilities were in accordance with Jakarta bylaws.
“There is a bylaw stating that a building occupied by more than 500 people must provide public facilities and social facilities,” Budi said.
He said it was wrong to assume the pool or spa would be similar in appearance to those offered by five-star hotels, saying designers were seeking the functionality of facilities provided by hospitals “for health” reasons.
“We know the lawmakers sit in meetings for hours, so they need facilities to get their blood flowing.”
Budi, however, quashed suggestions the lawmakers’ expansive new 120-square-meeting offices for legislators from the House of Representatives (DPR) would include bedrooms — yet.
“I don’t understand where the rumors about bedrooms or spring beds came from. As of yet, no bedrooms or spring bed are in the plans,” he said.
Legislators in the House, under fire for being out of touch with voters and rewarding themselves for doing very little, have refused to bow completely to public criticism to cancel the lavish construction but have agreed to lower the budget for the project from Rp 1.8 trillion ($200 million) to Rp 1.3 trillion.
The tender process for the project begins today with construction expected to begin this year.
The House has only passed seven bills into law since being inaugurated last October, all amendments to existing laws, with not a single new bill being passed.
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