Bali Provincial Government Proposes Cleaning Drivers To Be Appointed As PPPK

Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Bali Province Dewa Made Indra/PHOTO: Dafi-VOI

The Bali Provincial Government has proposed to the Ministry of Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform, so that drivers and cleaning staff in the local provincial government can be considered to be appointed as Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK).

Bali Provincial Secretary Dewa Made Indra said the proposed appointment of PPPK for drivers and cleaning staff who had been working in Bali Provincial Government agencies had been submitted along with other contract workers.

"That was when the Minister of Administrative Affairs issued a circular regarding the data collection of contract employees, we had proposed it in January 2022," he said, Monday, July 29.

However, said Dewa Indra, after it was proposed, the data from the State Civil Service Agency (BKN) was only an administrative contract worker, while the driver and cleaning service (cleaning officer) and Gardener were not included in the list to be considered as PPPK.

"Therefore, we propose again in 2024. Two months ago we proposed to the Minister of Administrative Affairs to consider the appointment of drivers and cleaning services, especially those with certain working periods," he said.

But until now the answer has not dropped. Their number reaches hundreds spread across all regional apparatus. While their working period varies, some are 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, and even 15 years.

"They have been contract workers who have also been appointed the same as other contract workers who work in the administration. We must be fair," said the bureaucrat who is also the former Chief Executive of the Bali Province Regional Disaster Management Agency (BPBD).

Dewa Indra said that it turned out that the central government had other considerations for administrative personnel to be considered as PPPK.

Meanwhile, drivers, cleaning staff, including office security guards, must go through a pattern with third parties.