JAKARTA - Head of the Government Communication Agency M. Qodari said his new task was not easy. He had to explain many of President Prabowo Subianto's programs in the midst of a changing pattern of public information consumption.
Qodari said his inauguration as Head of the Government Communication Agency was his third inauguration during the Prabowo administration.
"When I was told that my prayers were longer, because they were heavy. It was very heavy," said Qodari at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Monday, April 27.
According to Qodari, the burden of government communication is large because Prabowo's program is very much. Every policy needs to be explained to the public about its background and reasons.
Qodari said the program was based on the country's goals in the opening of the 1945 Constitution, ranging from protecting the Indonesian nation, advancing the common welfare, educating the nation's life, to helping maintain world order.
He said that communication tasks could not be done alone. The Government Communication Agency must work with ministries, institutions, stakeholders, and the media.
Qodari assessed that his closeness to the media world could help the work. He admitted that he had been in the communication room for a long time and knew many journalists since he was still working in the field.
"Many of my friends are in the media. I met them first on the field until I became a senior editor until I retired," he said.
Qodari is not willing to reveal the changes in communication patterns that will be carried out. He said that it was necessary to first look at the existing communication map.
However, he highlighted the major changes in the media landscape. According to him, the situation is not the same as 10 or 20 years ago.
In addition to mass media, there is now social media. Qodari said that some social media have behaved like the press, but are under different rules.
"This is a challenge in itself," he said.
When asked about the biggest homework of government communication, Qodari said the problem was not just a matter of how or people. The burden is on the many Prabowo programs that he calls massive and fundamental.
"Not from the way, not from the person, but from his very big duty," said Qodari.
He said he would learn from the previous process and work with Hasan Nasbi, Angga Raka, Meutya Hafid, and other stakeholders to optimize government communication.
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