The Ministry of Home Affairs asked today for Lucky Hakim's explanation to Japan without permission

Jakarta – Holidays to Japan without permission by Indramayu Regent Lucky Hakim has a long tail. Lucky is scheduled today to give an explanation to the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri). “Tomorrow afternoon (today), the regent is being asked for an explanation by the Interior Ministry of Interior,” Interior Deputy Minister Bima Arya Sugiarto said when it was contacted by AFP on Monday (7/4/2025). Bima said Lucky’s holiday activities to Japan without the consent of the Home Minister was contrary to section 76 paragraph 1 of the Act 23 of 2014 regarding the regional government. The by -law regulates the provisions of regional heads and deputy regional heads that are prohibited from traveling abroad without the minister’s consent. Browse to continue with the sanctions of the content associated with the ban were also regulated in Article 77 paragraph 2. Offenders can be sanctioned for three months with a temporary stop by the President and/or Deputy Governor and by the Minister of the Regent and/or Deputy Regent or Mayor and/or Deputy Mayor. “We ask immediately after arriving in the country, the regent gives a full exposition of the Governor and the Ministry of Home Affairs,” Bima said. Bima Arya said Lucky Hakim also apologized to the Interior Ministry. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs will still ask an explanation directly from Lucky Hakim. “The Regent communicated and transferred an apology. But we asked him to the Interior Ministry to explain directly,” Bima Arya said. West Java’s deputy governor regretted the actions of Lucky Hakim, which was reported earlier, the deputy governor of the Western Java Erwan Setiawan regretted the Indramayu -Regent Lucky Hakim who was on vacation in Japan without the consent of the Governor of Western Business. He asked every regional head in the Western Java to follow the appropriate procedures. “Basically, I’m also disappointed with what the regional head is going abroad without permission,” Erwan said when he interviewed during the Majalengka Regency Harvest event, which was reported by Detikjabar on Monday (7/4/2025). Erwan reminded that the rules related to foreign countries by the regional head, both for the benefit of service and personal, were very clear. Even that, says Erwan, referred to the Minister of Home Affairs at the time of closing the withdrawal of the regional head some time ago. “While the Interior Minister, at the time of the closure of the Minister of Home Affairs, was before the closure, how the flow was if it traveled abroad, both official and personal trips. Including for treatment, there should be permission, especially for a holiday. I hope it doesn’t happen again in Western Java,” Erwan said. Erwan touched on the possibility of sanctions for Lucky, saying that he would first see the appropriate rules. “Later we will see how the rules are. Is the first reprimand, there must be stages.