Stadium Diskotik Ditutup Permanen, Pemprov DKI Tolak Beri Izin Baru

Jakarta Provincial Gov`t Denied to Give New Permit for Stadium Discotheque

Reporter : Roni Said
Editor : Cahyani Harzi
Translator : Dhelia Gani


Stadium Diskotik Ditutup Permanen, Pemprov DKI Tolak Beri Izin Baru
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Jakarta (B2B) - Diskotek Stadium di Tamansari, Jakarta Barat tidak akan mendapat kesempatan kedua untuk beroperasi kembali setelah ditutup oleh Pemprov DKI Jakarta.

Permintaan tersebut sebelumnya diajukan Asosiasi Hiburan Malam kepada Pemprov DKI mengingat nasib ratusan pegawai yang terancam PHK karena penutupan diskotek Stadium.

Wakil Gubernur DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama mengatakan, pihaknya telah memberikan kesempatan kedua kepada manajemen diskotek Stadium, namun peringatan tersebut diabaikan.

"Kalau bisnis narkoba bisa pelihara orang tiga juta hidup, Lo gimana? Lo legalin narkoba juga? Sudah gue bilang dua kali kalau ketangkap bukan Pemda yang tega, tapi kalian (pemilik diskotek) dong yang tega," ujar Basuki di Balaikota, Jumat (23/5).

Ditegaskan Basuki, Pemprov DKI Jakarta tidak akan memberian izin baru apabila pihak diskotek Stadium meminta pengajuan pembukaan kembali meskipun mengganti nama diskotek. 

"Ya tinggal ditolak, apanya yang susah sih. Kalau ganti nama juga kita akan kita tolak. Kita akan tanda tangan nggak kasih izin," tegasnya.

Jakarta (B2B) - Jakarta Provincial Government does not mess around with the closing of Stadium Discotheque, Taman Sari, West Jakarta. 

The discotheque’s management will not get a second chance to operate again, as requested by the Nightlife Entertainment Association that considered the fate of hundreds of Stadium Discotheque employees who are threatened to be laid off because of the closing.

Jakarta Vice Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama said that Jakarta Provincial Government has actually given a second chance to Stadium Discotheque management. However, the warning was ignored.

“We’ve told that if there was lay off, you must think about the severance pay. It’s not us who should think about that,” he stated, Friday (5/23).

In that occasion, Basuki asserted that Jakarta Provincial Government will not give a new permit if Stadium Discotheque management requested a re-opening by renaming the discotheque.

“ We’ll still reject it, what’s so hard anyway. We’ll not sign, not give any permit,” he stressed.