Surabaya DPRD supports Eri Cahyadi's walkot step to correct the parking system

Jakarta -Surabaya City DPRD responds to the steps of the Surabaya City Government to combat the practice of illegal parking and non -official charges in the city of Surabaya. Deputy Chairman of the Surabaya City DPRD Arif Fathoni assessed that the firm step by Mayor Eri Cahyadi was considered a tangible form of building a cleaner city management at the correction of the parking system. It is clear that Arif Fathoni mentions this step as the beginning of the revolution to an honest, transparent and civilized parking system. “It has been too long that the parking sector has become a dark room that sucks the money of residents without clear contributions to the local treasury. So, if the city government intervenes, it is not just a mere control, it is a resistance to a damaged system and has long been left,” Fathoni said in a written statement (6/21/2025). Browse to continue with the Golkar Party content politicians, said the leakage of the local original income (road) from the parking sector was not new. According to him, the weakness of supervision, the absence of digitization, to the existence of illegal parking spaces that were pariled at strategic points ‘at a strategic points’ in the local financial system. “This is a matter of alignments. Residents are collected, but it is not clear. We need a transparent system, and it can only be achieved if the courage to crack down is also followed by total management reform,” Arif Fathoni said. Political, known as Mas Toni, also emphasized that a healthy parking system should be supported by two basic things, namely honesty and technology. Therefore, he encouraged the municipal government to maximize the implementation of the digitalization of parking payments, so that the transaction flow becomes accountable and is free from manipulation gaps. “If all the parking points are recorded, there is no more eye visit room. We need the courage to close these ‘dark holes’,” Fathoni said. Furthermore, Fathoni welcomed the steps of the city government to work with the police to run comprehensive control, not only in modern stores, but also restaurants, cafes and other places whose parking management is still chaotic. “We fully support. But there must be consistency. Don’t just subside in the middle at the beginning.” This control should be the beginning of a comprehensive improvement, not an instant ceremonial, “he added. Fathoni also invited the public to participate in this movement, bravely rejecting illegal charges, reporting illegal lines and educating others not to submit to oppressive systems. “Residents of Surabaya do not want to be constantly harmed. Opponents of extortion! Report every deviation. It is part of the battle of the citizens for a more orderly, fair and integrity city,” Fathoni concluded. As is known, Mayor Eri Cahyadi previously said he would evaluate the total parking management in all sectors, including the potential of parking tax on business places, after doing inspections in various modern stores in the city of Surabaya. This step is considered important to close the leak of the road and rearrange the parking ecosystem of the City of Heroes in a more professional and fair direction. (ANL/EGA) HOEGENG Awards 2025 Read the inspiring story of the exemplary police candidate here