Apart From Gatot Nurmantyo, Puan Maharani Will Also Get A Mahaputera Star Because Of Her Success As Coordinating Minister For PMK

House Speaker Puan Maharani / Istimewa

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo is scheduled to award the Mahaputera Star to a number of ministers who had served in the Working Indonesia Cabinet for the 2014-2019 period, today.

Apart from former TNI Commander Gatot Nurmantyo, the plan is that the former Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Puan Maharani will also receive the same award.

The Chairperson of the PDI Perjuangan DPP who also serves as the Chair of the DPR will receive a token of honor from Bintang Mahaputera Adiprana for his services during his tenure as Coordinating Minister for PMK.

There are a number of things that are considered to be Puan's achievements. Among other things, they succeeded in reducing the poverty rate to the lowest in Indonesian history, succeeding in holding the 2018 Asian Games and 2018 Asian Paragames, and increasing the human development index (HDI) so that for the first time Indonesia entered the high category.

In addition, he is the youngest coordinating minister in the history of the cabinet of the Republic of Indonesia and got a record from the Indonesian Record Museum (MURI).

"In accordance with Article 28 Paragraph (2) of Law Number 20 of 2009, as a tribute to his outstanding services in various fields which are beneficial to the progress, welfare and prosperity of the nation and state," the Honorary Charter reads. President Joko Widodo to Puan Maharani.

There are a number of special requirements for recipients of the Bintang Mahaputera award, namely giving outstanding services in various fields that are beneficial to the nation and state and serve.

Apart from that, the recipients must also make sacrifices in various fields such as social, political, economic, legal, cultural, scientific, technological and several other fields that are of great benefit to the nation and state.

As for the granting of titles, services and honors, it is stipulated by a Presidential Decree (Keppres). This gift can be carried out on national holidays or on the birthdays of each state agency, ministry, and non-ministerial government agency.

Previously, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) would give an honorary title in the form of Bintang Mahaputera to former TNI Commander Gatot Nurmantyo.

The awarding of Gatot Nurmantyo, who is also the Presidium of the Coalition for Action to Save Indonesia (US), will be held to coincide with the commemoration of Heroes' Day on November 10-11.

"On 10 and 11 November 2020 the President will confer the titles of National Hero (PN) and Bintang Mahaputera (BM). Those who get PN titles, among others, SM Amin and Soekanto, who get BM, include Gatot Nurmantyo and Arief Hidayat," Mahfud said as quoted from his Twitter account @mohmahfudMD, Tuesday, November 3.

The former Chief Justice of the Constitutional Court (MK) explained that the title of Bintang Mahaputera was given to Gatot Nurmantyo because he was once the TNI Commander.

"Yes, all former commanders and all former ministers and Heads of State Institutions who have completed a period also receive BM (Bintang Mahaputera). It must be given indiscriminately," he explained.