Kemenpan RB Asks For Agencies To Fix To Allocate Non-ASN Financing

Deputy for Human Resources (HR) Apparatus Kemenpan RB Dr. Alex Denni. BETWEEN/HO-Kemenpan RB

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (Kemenpan RB) issued a circular (SE) requesting staffing officials (PPK) from central and regional agencies to continue allocating budgets for financing for non-state civil servants.

In the circular, according to input and aspirations from various parties, non-ASN personnel is still needed in supporting the implementation of government duties.

Therefore, Kemenpan RB asked both central and regional agencies to carry out a number of steps.

"PPK calculates and continues to allocate a budget for non-ASN personnel financing that has been registered in the data collection of non-ASN personnel in the BKN database," said the SE excerpt as reported by ANTARA, Thursday, July 27.

In the SE numbered B/1527/M.SM.01.00/2023 it was also emphasized that all government agencies must allocate non-ASN power financing which in principle does not reduce the income received by non-ASN personnel so far.

Meanwhile, the government together with the DPR and various stakeholders are conducting non-ASN personnel arrangements and looking for the best solution. In addition, based on Government Regulation Number 49 of 2018, there should no longer be non-ASN personnel.

However, in accordance with the direction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo, Kemenpan RB was asked to find a middle road solution with the principle, among others, to avoid mass layoffs and not to reduce income from those received by non-ASN personnel at this time.

The number of non-ASN personnel itself currently in the State Civil Service Agency (BKN) database reaches 2.3 million people from all over Indonesia. The data was audited by the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) to be valid because some samples found data that was not in accordance with conditions in the field.

Deputy for Human Resources of the Ministry of Administrative Affairs and Bureaucratic Reform, Alex Dennimenerangkan, initially the number of non-ASN personnel is projected to only remain around 400,000 by the end of 2022. It turns out that once recorded the number reaches 2.3 million with the majority in the local government.

"With these conditions, in accordance with President Jokowi's direction, we are looking for a middle ground, there should be no mass layoffs. Just imagine that 2.3 million non-ASN personnel should no longer work at the end of November 2023. So, 2.3 million non-ASN were secured first so they could continue to work," said Alex in a written statement.

Thus, continued Alex, various options were formulated. The scheme is being formulated together.

"What is final is that there should be no mass layoffs. What is the scheme? It is being formulated by paying attention to input from various parties," he said.

It was revealed that Alex, another guide that must be obeyed is that the certainty of non-ASN income must not be reduced from what is currently being received.

"That must be a guideline, there should be no reduction in revenue," said Alex.

The government, he continued, also continues to carry out ASN recruitment every year taking into account its fiscal capacity. For example, in 2023 the Government will open recruitment of around 1.03 million ASN, the process starting in September 2023.

"We continue to calculate the government's budget capabilities. Every year we try to continue to recruit so that these non-ASN workers become ASN gradually in accordance with the budget capacity. However, of course, it must be gradual," he added.

It was also emphasized that the management of non-ASN personnel was strengthened by the prohibition and very strict restrictions on the recruitment of non-ASN personnel. PPK and other officials are prohibited from appointing non-ASN employees to fill the vacant ASN position.

"For the fulfillment of ASN within government agencies, it can be done through the proposal for formation needs in accordance with statutory provisions," he concluded.