Menpan RB Guarantees Government Services Ahead Of The Christmas-New Year Holiday

JAKARTA - Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Abdullah Azwar Anas revealed that his staff ensures that the sustainability of government and service administration ahead and after the Christmas and New Year 2024 holidays runs smoothly.

"All government agencies need to continue to monitor and supervise the fulfillment, achievement of targets, and target the performance of employees," Anas said as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, December 11.

Anas said that currently there is no applicable policy regarding travel restrictions for the state civil apparatus (ASN).

The provision of annual leave is carried out taking into account the workload, nature, characteristics of tasks, and the number of employees from each government agency.

In addition to ensuring that government services continue to run smoothly, he said, the government has prepared various schemes so that the flow of community travel during the Christmas and New Year 2024 holidays runs safely and smoothly.

"The government has anticipated by preparing several steps, including land transportation arrangements," said Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Muhadjir Effendy.

This readiness is carried out considering that around 107 million Indonesians are predicted to travel during the 2023 Christmas and 2024 New Year holidays.

"It is hoped that the handling of land traffic will be much better than Christmas and New Year's 2023," he said.

Muhadjir said the peak of the Christmas homecoming flow is predicted to occur from 22 to 23 December 2023. Meanwhile, the backflow is predicted to be until 26 to 27 December 2023.

Based on data from the Ministry of Transportation, around 107.63 million people will travel during the Christmas and New Year 2024 holidays.

Anticipating this, the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture embraces various parties related to technical transportation. This was discussed in a ministerial meeting.

This Ministerial Meeting also invited the Minister of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform Abdullah Azwar Anas, Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi, Minister of Religion Yaqut Cholil Qoumas, Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziah, and Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno.

From outside the ministry, this meeting was also attended by Basarnas ranks, the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), Korlantas Polri, PT Angkasa Pura; as well as PT Angkutan Sungai, Lake, and Ferry Indonesia Crossing.

Muhadjir said that in order to facilitate traffic flow during the Christmas and New Year 2024 holidays, the government provides services to make it easier for people to get transportation tickets.

Purchase of transportation tickets online will expand the point. In addition, train travel schedules, planes, ships will be adjusted, and additions will be carried out.

"The increase in "rest area" services will also be repaired on toll roads. Then additional flight schedules, adjustment of passenger ship schedules, and train travel will be adjusted," said Muhadjir.