Rules Signed By Jokowi Ahead Of Retirement On October 15

YOGYAKARTA Ahead of his retirement as head of state, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) signed several Presidential Regulations (Perpres) and Presidential Decrees (Keppres). Jokowi signed the rules ahead of his retirement to regulate several things.

As is known, Jokowi's retirement as President of the Republic of Indonesia will start October 20, 2024. After that, Indonesia will have a new elected president, namely Prabowo Subianto.

The signing of the rules carried out by Jokowi before retiring received mixed reactions from the community. Apart from the response of the community, the following is a summary of the rules signed by President Jokowi.

President Jokowi recently ratified Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 122 of 2024 concerning the Fifth Amendment to Presidential Decree Number 52 of 2010 concerning the Organizational Structure and Work Procedure of the State Police of the Republic of Indonesia.

In the Presidential Regulation, Jokowi formed a corps tasked with eradicating corruption under the Indonesian National Police (Polri). The formation of the National Police Corruption Corps was carried out by inserting 1 article, namely between article 20 and article 21.

"The Corruption Eradication Corps, abbreviated as Kortastipidkor, is the main element in the field of eradicating corruption under the National Police Chief," reads article 20A paragraph (1) of Presidential Regulation 122 of 2024.

President Jokowi also signed a revision of Law Number 61 of 2024 concerning Amendments to Law Number 39 of 2008 concerning the Ministry of State. The signing of the revision of the law was carried out on October 15, 2024.

One of the revisions made is Article 15 which in general the number of ministries is adjusted according to the President's policy.

"The total number of ministries formed as referred to in article 12, article 13, and article 14 is determined in accordance with the needs of government administration by the President," wrote the provisions of article 15.

President Jokowi also issued Presidential Decree Number 121 of 2024 concerning Health Maintenance Guarantees for the Retirement of the Minister of State. The Presidential Regulation regulates the provision of health guarantees for ministers and cabinet secretaries (seskab) who are entering retirement.

"The state minister who has completed his cabinet duties is given a continuation of health care guarantees. The provisions as referred to in paragraph (1) are also given to Cabinet Secretarys who have completed cabinet duties," reads Article 1 of Presidential Decree Number 121 of 2024.

Providing health insurance is not only given to ministers who are retired, but to husband/wife. This is as stated in article 3 paragraph (3).

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