Good News! Jokowi Raises Civil Servant Salaries To TNI/Polri 8 Percent, Retired 12 Percent

Jokowi (Photo: screenshot of youtube setpres)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) brings good news to all State Civil Apparatus (ASN) regarding salary increases. After no increase for four years, Jokowi announced that he would increase ASN salaries by 8 percent.

This was conveyed by Jokowi in his speech at the 2024 RAPBN, at the DPR Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, August 16.

"The 2024 RAPBN proposes to improve income in the form of salary increases for Central and Regional/TNI/Polri ASN by 8 percent," said Jokowi.

Not only ASN salaries, Jokowi also announced a 12 percent increase in retirees.

Jokowi said this increase was to ensure that the implementation of the transformation was effective, so bureaucratic reform must continue to be strengthened, in order to realize an efficient, competent, professional, and integrity central and regional bureaucracy.

"The implementation of bureaucratic reform must be carried out consistently and successfully. Improvement of welfare, allowances and remuneration of ASN is carried out based on performance and productivity," he said.

For your information, traditionally the increase in ASN salaries was conveyed by the President of the Republic of Indonesia during the Speech of the Financial Note. However, in the eight years of Jokowi's leadership, this announcement is more often absent. Jokowi rarely increases the salaries of ASN or Civil Servants. In fact, since 2014 the salaries of civil servants have only increased twice.