The Minister of Home Affairs does not want there to be any dismissal of PPPK and Honorer

Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian/ANTARA/HO-Kemendagri

JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian emphasized that his party did not want the option of dismissing Civil Servants with Work Agreements (PPPK) and honorary employees in responding to the dynamics of staffing in the local government environment.

He conveyed this in a Public Hearing (RDP) with Commission II of the DPR regarding the problems of Civil Servants with Work Agreements (PPPK) and honorers, Monday, June 8.

"We do not expect any option to dismiss employees," said Tito, quoted by ANTARA.

Tito also emphasized that the workforce that had been recruited should not be dismissed because the government did not want to cause unrest among employees.

The Minister of Home Affairs also explained a number of strategies to adjust the position of employee spending to a maximum of 30 percent, as mandated by the Law on Central and Regional Financial Relations (HKPD) starting in 2027.

In terms of spending, he encouraged local governments (Pemda) not to recruit new employees or dismiss existing employees.

"(The regional head) must be firm that there is no new honorer recruitment," said the Minister of Home Affairs.

Then, in terms of revenue, the Minister of Home Affairs encouraged the creativity of the Regional Government to increase the Regional Original Income (PAD). He cited the success of the City of Pekanbaru which was able to optimize the PAD from Rp800 billion to more than Rp1 trillion through licensing facilities.

He also explained another example, such as Banyuwangi Regency, which has succeeded in connecting restaurant and hotel taxes directly to the Regional Government, which has an impact on PAD.

The Minister of Home Affairs also encouraged the optimization of Regional Owned Business Entities (BUMD) to become an instrument for increasing PAD. In addition to these efforts, he ensured that he had met with the Minister of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform (MenPAN-RB) Rini Widyantini and the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa. As a result, the meeting held in early May encouraged the transition period for the implementation of the HKPD Law to be extended for another one year.

"Not through a revision of the HKPD Law, but included in the 2027 State Budget Law, extended for one year. In accordance with the legal principle of Lex Posterior Derogat Legi Priori, the last rule overrides the previous rule," said the Minister of Law and Human Rights.