Commission X DPR Urges Government To Disburse Tukin Lecturer, President Asked To Publish Presidential Decree

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of Commission X DPR, Lalu Hadrian Irfani urged the government to immediately disburse the performance allowance (Tukin) of ASN lecturers. President Prabowo, was also asked to issue a presidential regulation (Perpres).

Then encourage the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Kemendikti Saintek) to immediately complete the draft Presidential Decree as the legal basis for the disbursement of Tukin. His party also urged that evaluation and resolution of problems in universities be carried out.

"One of them is the problem of the lecturer's performance allowance," said Lalu, Wednesday, January 15.

Then Ari revealed that his party had asked the government to immediately complete a new draft Presidential Decree that would allow Tukin payments, both in full and with alternative schemes such as adding lecturer certification allowances. The Presidential Regulation, he said, became the legal basis for disbursing lecturer tukins.

Then he also hopes that the Presidential Decree will also clearly regulate and detail the disbursement of performance allowances that lecturers have been waiting for. Previously, said Lalu, Tukin, lecturers were regulated in the Decree of the Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Number 447/P/2024 concerning Tukin. However, due to changes in the ministry, in the end the regulation could not be implemented.

For that, Then assess, it is necessary for the Presidential Decree as a legal basis in regulating Tukin. According to Lalu Ari, the Ministry of Education and Technology is currently drafting a Presidential Decree. He also asked for the new regulation to be issued immediately.

"The Presidential Decree is one of the keys in the disbursement of the lecturer's tukin. We hope that the Presidential Decree will be issued soon," said Lalu Ari.

The PKB legislator for the NTB electoral district said the Ministry of Education and Technology Saintek had proposed a budget of IDR 10 trillion for ASN lecturers, but only IDR 2.5 trillion was approved.

"Not all budget proposals are approved, the information is only Rp 2.5 trillion," explained Lalu Ari.

Then also encouraged the disbursement of ASN lecturers to be realized immediately. He ensured that Commission X of the DPR RI would continue to oversee the payment of tukin, so that lecturers got their rights.

"This lecturer issue needs to be a serious concern for the government so that the welfare of lecturers increases. Lecturers are one of the main pillars of higher education," said Lalu Ari,