Tegas Mendagri Tito's Message To ASN Ahead Of The 2024 Pilkada: Can't Use Power To Take Sides With Candidates

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian reminded state civil servants (ASN) not to use their power to side with certain political candidates or parties in the 2024 General Election and Regional Head Elections. "ASNs have the right of politics and the right to vote, but they must not use their power to side with certain party candidates," said Tito Karnavian in Jakarta, Antara, Thursday, September 22. The Minister of Home Affairs said that even though the political temperature is 'warming,' then ASN must remain in a position to maintain the government so that it can continue to run well. < In democracy, I think it should warm up because that is democracy, but what is guarded should not allow it to warm up and then become damaged, said Minister of Home Affairs Tito. Tito Karnavian has signed a Joint Decree on Guidelines for Guidance and Supervision of Netrity of State Civil Apparatus Employees (ASN) in the Implementation of General Elections (Pemilu) and Regional Head Elections. “ One that is maintained is the neutrality of ASN because ASN is a government machine, state government machine, both central and regional. We certainly monitor so that ASN-ASN remains professional, non-partisan professional staff, ” he said. The signing was carried out directly by the Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian, at the Office of the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (Kemenpan RB), Jakarta, Thursday. In addition to the Ministry of Home Affairs, the signing was carried out by the Kemenpan RB, the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu), the State Civil Apparatus Commission (KASN), and the State Civil Service Agency (BKN). The Minister of Home Affairs appreciated the signing activity because it was part of the government's commitment to support the success of simultaneous elections. Meanwhile, Minister for Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (Menpan RB) Abdullah Azwar Anas said that ASN neutrality was needed for the sake of running professional public services. Because, he said, if ASN are not neutral, it will disrupt public services. He said, as the law (UU) has regulated, the government will impose sanctions on ASN who violate it. “ There has been an agreed process, later in the bureaucracy there will be KASN, then there will be several other sanctions, from warning to dismissal if they commit serious violations in this matter, &rdquos said.