ACTING Jakarta Governor Soni Sumarsono raised the 2017 budget from Rp68.76 trillion to Rp70.29 trillion. According to Soni, one of the reasons were activities proposed by several members of the Jakarta Regional Representatives Council (DPRD), to be included in the Draft Budget 2017. "They are our neighbors," he said.

After the recess in 2015 and 2016, the Council proposed thousands of activities to be incorporated into the 2017 budget. For exampl