Minister Rachmat Pambudy Continues Suharso Monoarfa's Idea About Digital Transformation

Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Rachmat Pambudy. (Photo: ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Minister of National Development Planning (PPN)/Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Rachmat Pambudy stated that his party had prepared a slot for echelon I deputies regarding digital transformation.

"We have prepared a slot for echelon I deputy to continue your ideas (Suharso Monoarfa) in the concept of digital transformation," he said as quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, October 22.

If the slot has not been prepared, he continued, it means that something is wrong considering that his party has prepared the deputy before Suharso Monoarfa finishes serving as Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas for the 2019-2024 period.

Rachmat admitted that he had spoken with State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi and Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN-RB) Rini Widyantini to prepare the deputy.

As the elected Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas for the period 2024-2029, he also asked the Deputy Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas to be presented again to assist his performance.

President Prabowo Subianto himself appointed Febrian Alphyanto Ruddyard as Deputy Minister of National Development Planning/Deputy Head of Bappenas on Monday, October 21, 2024 yesterday.

Suharso considers the addition of the deputies that Rachmat Pambudy wants to promote the digital transformation process nationally. For example, it is the acceleration of Government Technology (GovTech) which is tasked with integrating all digital services and creating standardization of the government digitization ecosystem.

"In fact, if what I propose, we should have a Minister of Digital Affairs, the Ministry of Digital Affairs. That's much more fitting to be able to manage everything like that," he said.

In addition, Suharso hopes that the Integrated Digital Space (IDW) which has been implemented in January 2020 can be continued by the next Head of Bappenas.

According to him, the Bappenas office was the first to be able to work from home when hit by the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to IDW.

How many hundreds of thousands or millions of Bappenas data are there, it would be great if it could be continued. That is what hopefully can be continued, used, and completed, refined. Because I believe Pak Pambudy will lead Bappenas more severely, supported by professors, professors from IPB (Bogor Agricultural Institute). Moreover, we will concentrate more on food security and so on. I think he is the person who fits the following five years or even so, for 10 years, "said Suharso.