JAKARTA - Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi does not have the authority to
fire regional heads who reject the central government's plan to increase fuel
prices, a constitutional law expert said on Tuesday.
Yusril Ihza Mahendra, who is also a former law and human rights
minister, told reporters that the Home Ministry did not have any right to fire
local leaders as they were directly elected by the people.
"The Home Minister only inaugurates local leaders, but they are
the people's choice. Therefore, as regional heads they have political choices
and it is up to them to choose whichever option they want," Yusril said on
the sidelines of a hearing in the Constitutional Court.
"The Home Minister cannot fire any regents or mayors who join the
rallies to protest the subsidized fuel price hike."
He added that before the era of regional autonomy, the Home Ministry
was allowed to dismiss any local bureaucrats because they were employees of the
ministry.
However, since the granting of regional autonomy, the ministry can not
dismiss local bureaucrats as they are parts of their local administrations.
"Basically, he [Gamawan] can't do anything but grumble. In
reality, he can't even fire a Jakarta civil servant, because they are not Home
Ministry employees anymore," said Yusril.
Gamawan is calling on all regional heads to support the central
government's proposal to increase subsidized fuel prices regardless of their
political background.
The former West Sumatera governor argued that anybody who insisted on
countering the plan could be dismissed for violating the State Budget Law and
their inauguration vows.
The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network
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