JAKARTA - Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa stated that he would carry out a massive rotation in the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC).
He said the improvement included the replacement of structural officials, including the head of the regional office which oversees five major and strategic ports in Indonesia, namely Tanjung Priok, Tanjung Mas, Tanjung Perak, Batam, and North Sumatra.
"Tanjung Priok, Tanjung Mas, Tanjung Perak, Batam, and North Sumatra," he told the warta, Tuesday, January 27.
Purbaya said that not all officials would be laid off, but some would be replaced, while others would remain in office, depending on the results of the evaluation.
"Not all. Some are laid off, some are not. It depends on their prayers tonight," he said.
Previously, Purbaya planned to carry out a massive reshuffling of the ranks of officials at the Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) and the Directorate General of Taxes (DJP) of the Ministry of Finance in the near future.
Purbaya emphasized that this step was not just a rotation of positions, but a comprehensive change that included the replacement of officials from the central office level to the leadership at strategic ports.
"At the customs, I will give a drastic surprise, maybe a few days later, tomorrow, so I will replace all the officials, besides the Director General, around the Director General, I will change everything, and all the ports? The head of the port is the regional director who oversees the port. I will replace all of them with big houses," he said.
He emphasized that improvements would also be made from the bottom to the top level, especially in locations that were considered to have problems with problematic companies.
According to him, this step is intended as a strong message for all levels of Customs and Excise to improve performance and professionalism.
He added that human resources at the Customs and Excise have high competence and are able to produce breakthroughs, including the development of artificial intelligence-based technology to detect under invoicing practices in a short time.
"This customs officer is clever if forced, I ask him to make an AI program for the detection of under invoicing, it will be completed in two weeks, so we have hope but need shock therapy so that they work harder," he said.
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