House Of Representatives Commission IV Highlights ASN Ministry Of Agriculture Wearing NasDem Striped Uniforms, Politics Is Still Far, Sir

JAKARTA - Commission IV of the DPR RI highlighted the alleged violation of echelon I officials of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) who wore oversized clothes belonging to NasDem.

Several commission members during a hearing at Commission IV DPR RI, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday 15 November asked for an explanation from the Secretary General of the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture, Kasdi Subagyono.

Moreover, the Secretary General of Kasdi is one of the officials from the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture who wears the striped uniform which is the oversized shirt of the NasDem Party's Kostranas.

"I don't know exactly what the chronology was at yesterday's meeting, but the questions from our colleagues in Commission IV are very clear. If those who use it are ASN, especially at the Director General level, it is an act of violation," said Commission IV Member Bambang Purwanto to reporters, Tuesday. , November 16.

According to him, Law Number 5 of 2014 concerning State Civil Apparatus (UU ASN) is very clear. That ASN, at any level, is prohibited from practicing politics.

The ASN Law even regulates sanctions that will be imposed if any ASN is determined to take actions and or activities with practical political nuances.

"There are sanctions, they are very clearly regulated. There are light sanctions, moderate sanctions to severe sanctions. Now, which category does the actions of echelon officials in the Ministry of Agriculture fall into, please friends of the media ask for clarification to the BKN, KASN," said a member of the Democratic Party Faction. the.

The legislator from the Central Kalimantan electoral district stated that those who allegedly wore the clothes of the NasDem political party and received sharp criticism at Commission IV had a slightly different case. The reason is, they are included in the leadership element in the Indonesian Ministry of Agriculture. Therefore, the category of sanctions should be different from those of subordinates.

"If this is what the leadership is doing, that's a problem. Because the leader should set an example for his subordinates below. If the leader wears party clothes, what about his subordinates?," he explained.

Bambang reminded that ASN must be neutral. He hopes that even though the minister is from a political party, he will not necessarily be able to arbitrarily carry the interests of the party within the ministry.

"Because when they are given a mandate or mandate from the President, the minister concerned must take off his party clothes and work for the benefit of the nation," said Bambang.

Previously, member of Commission IV Alien Mus in a meeting opened by the Deputy Chair of the Commission from the PKB Faction Anggia Erma Rini revealed that there were reports of photos of the use of the oversized clothes of the NasDem Party. He then showed a photo with Ministry of Agriculture officials wearing striped uniforms.

The uniform shown by Alien Mus is a blue-yellow uniform, which is the color of the NasDem logo. Among the officials in the photo are the Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture Kasdi Subagyono, Director General of Food Crops Suwandi, Director General of Horticulture Prihasto Setyanto, and several other officials.

"Politics is still far, sir, 2024, but this is neutral that it has been regulated, you are still an ASN," said Alien Mus.

To note, the furore in the news that the ASN of the Ministry of Agriculture was seen wearing the NasDem Kostranas shirt took a photo with Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo and the Head of NasDem Surya Paloh in the photo displayed on Commission IV of the DPR.

The Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture has expressed his apologies in the meeting with his partners. "Ladies and gentlemen, there is no other purpose, I apologize if this is not pleasing to you, ladies and gentlemen, but actually in our hearts we are still in the efforts of bureaucrats, bureaucrats... but because of this we respect we use that attribute," he said.