Klojen (malangkota.go.id) – State Civil Apparatus (ASN) in the Malang City Government (Pemkot) echoed the Pledge Against Online Gambling while attending the morning assembly in the yard of Malang City Hall, Monday (15/7/2024). This pledge is a step by the Malang City Government to strengthen its joint commitment in combating online gambling.
Acting Mayor of Malang Dr. Ir. Wahyu Hidayat, MM said that online gambling has various negative impacts. Reflecting on the many cases that have occurred, online gambling has the potential to damage individuals, families, and society, so prevention is needed. "The government strictly prohibits online gambling. We want to follow up on the central government's direction to prohibit, especially for ASN not to gamble online," he said.
Not only stating the oath, Acting Mayor of Malang, Regional Secretary (Sekda) Erik Setyo Santoso, ST., MT, and several representatives of regional apparatus, sub-district heads, and village heads signed the ASN Integrity Pact Against Online Gambling. "Hopefully this will be a guideline that ASN Malang City firmly rejects online gambling. Not only now, but in the future, it is hoped that no ASN Malang City will fall into online gambling," continued Wahyu.
On this occasion, the Acting Mayor accompanied by the Regional Secretary of Malang City and the Head of the Communication and Informatics Agency (Diskominfo) of Malang City M. Nur Widianto, S. Sos also checked the smartphones of several participants in the roll call to ensure that no ASN were involved in online gambling. "Alhamdulillah, with several samples that we saw earlier, there are no applications on the cellphones related to online gambling," said Wahyu.
Wahyu said that his party will periodically conduct inspections and supervision of ASN as a whole. "We also hope that this is not only done in the government environment, but for all people to avoid online gambling," he said.
Furthermore, Wahyu firmly stated that his party will give disciplinary sanctions to ASN involved in online gambling. "There are stages that must be carried out later. We will classify it as light, medium, or heavy, and will give appropriate sanctions. Because this is also part of ASN discipline," he said. (ari/yon)
