Today The Vice President Will Launch A Digital Public Service Mall, Will Be Equipped With Face Recognition

Illustration of the face recognition machine screen at Soetta Airport in November 2021. (Between-Muhammad Iqbal)

JAKARTA - Vice President (Vice President) Ma'ruf Amin plans to launch a Digital Public Service Mall (MPP) at the Vice President's Palace, Jakarta, today Tuesday 19 June.

This was conveyed by the Minister of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (Menpan RB) Abdullah Azwar Anas. "The activity will be carried out on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at the Indonesian Vice Presidential Palace, at 13.00 WIB," said Anas in his official statement, Monday 19 June, confiscated by Antara. The launch of the Digital MPP will be attended by the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menkopolhukam) Mahfud MD, Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian, Minister of Health (Menkes) Budi Gunadi Sadikin, and Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi. Anas said the public can witness the launch of the MPP Digital with the theme "Reformation of Public Services through Digital Transformation" on the YouTube channel of the Ministry of PAN RB. Anas explained that MPP Digital is a means of integrating various types of public services into your hands. With MPP Digital, he said, the public can receive public services, both directly and through the application. MPP Digital can be utilized by the public at 21 regional locus.

He said the Digital MPP was equipped with an easier account registration feature through the use of face recognition which was integrated directly with a database from the Ministry of Home Affairs so that it was hoped that the security in the application would be guaranteed.

Lebih jauh, Anas menagatakan terdapat delapan layanan yang dikembangkan di MPP Digital, di antaranya permohonan cetak kartu keluarga, perubahan biodata, dan akta kematian.

Anas emphasized that the presence of MPP Digital is not to replace MPP, which currently operates in 120 regencies/cities. Development of Digital MPP, he said, is expected to be a complement to the existing integrated public service implementation model. The application of Digital MPP is a general application of sharing of use provided by the central government to district/city governments. For this reason, the presence of Digital MPP can be a district/city constrained by budget in MPP formation," he said. The 21 districts/cities that are the first phase of MPP Digital implementation locus or pilot locus are Banyuwangi Regency (East Java), Banyumas Regency (Central Java), Brebes Regency (Central Java), Grobogan Regency (Central Java), South Hulu Sungai (South Kalimantan) Regency; and Kotawaringin Regency (Central Kalimantan). Next, Magetan Regency (East Java), Musi Rawas Regency (South Sumatra), Sragen Regency (Central Java), Tubban Regency (East Java), Banda Aceh City (Aceh), Batam City (Riau Islands), Bukittingkat City (West Sumatra). Then, there are also Kendari City (Central Sulawesi), Magelang City (Central Java), Metro City (Central Java), Mojokerto City (East Java), Samarinda City (East Kalimantan), Surakarta City (Central Java), Tanjung Pinang City (Riau Islands), and Yogyakarta City (DI Yogyakarta).