25 Civil Servants In Lampung Receive Social Assistance, The Sanctions Are Still Being Studied

BANDARLAMPUNG - The Lampung Provincial Government (Pemprov) has not reviewed the imposition of sanctions on state civil servants (ASN) who receive social assistance (bansos).

"We are still studying whether this issue was intentional or unintentional, because this problem has only just been discovered," said Lampung Provincial Secretary Fahrizal Darminto in Bandarlampung, reported by Antara, Tuesday, November 23.

He said that the sanctions for ASN who were indicated to receive social assistance in the form of BST with a value of Rp. 300 thousand had not yet been determined.

"Actually, there is no regulation that regulates sanctions for this matter, but indeed this ASN does not include accepting and must return what is not their right. But we must investigate and see the problem," he said. cash social assistance (BST) and has been examined comprehensively by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK).

So to anticipate similar incidents, the local Social Service will continue to validate and verify the Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS) on a regular basis in order to anticipate the data collection of recipients of social assistance that is not right on target.

It is also known that the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (Menpan RB) Tjahjo Kumolo has emphasized that state civil servants (ASN) who are proven to have abused their authority by receiving social assistance will be subject to disciplinary sanctions and must return the aid money.

The disciplinary sanctions that can be applied to ASN recipients of the social assistance are based on Government Regulation Number 94 of 2021 concerning Civil Servant Discipline.