JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated Sahat Manaor Panggabean as Head of the Indonesian Quarantine Agency at the State Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday, September 13.
"By God, I promise that I will be loyal to the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia and will carry out all laws and regulations as straight as possible for the sake of my service to the nation and state," said Sahat when taking the oath of inauguration, confiscated by Antara.
Sahat Manaor Panggabean was inaugurated as Head of the Indonesian Quarantine Agency based on Presidential Decree No. 117/TPA of 2023 concerning Appointment of Main High Officials in the Indonesian Quarantine Agency.
The decision came into effect since it was enacted by President Jokowi in Jakarta on September 4, 2023.
The inauguration of Sahat by President Jokowi was witnessed directly by Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, Minister of Defense of Indonesia Prabowo Subianto, and Minister of State Secretary Pratikno.
In addition, he also witnessed the inauguration, TNI Commander Admiral Yudo Margono, National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, Army Chief of Staff General Dudung Abdurachman.
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Sahat Manaor Panggabean previously served as Expert Staff for Management and Connectivity of the Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs and Investment.
Reporting from Presidential Regulation Number 45 of 2023 concerning the Indonesian Quarantine Agency which is valid from July 20, 2023, the Indonesian Quarantine Agency is a government agency that carries out government duties in the fields of animal, fish and plant quarantine.
Quarantine is a system to prevent entry, exit and spread of quarantined pests and disease, pests and quarantined fish disease, and quarantine plant disruption organisms, as well as supervision and control over food safety and food quality.
In addition, the organization is also responsible for the safety of feed and feed quality, genetic engineering products, genetic resources, biological agencies, invasive foreign species, wild plants and animals, as well as rare plants and animals that are inserted into, spread from an area to another area, or removed from the region.
This provision fuses the quarantine provisions into a single body after previously involving the role of the Ministry of Agriculture for the quarantine of plants and animals, Ministry of Marine Affairs Fisheries for fish quarantine.
Quarantine services so far, also involve coordination with the Directorate General of Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
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