Jokowi Will Disband Institution, DPR Members: Must Think About The Fate Of Employees

Member of Commission I DPR RI PKB Faction Abdul Kadir Karding (Photo: pkb.id)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo plans to dissolve 18 institutions deemed ineffective as a measure to save budget. According to a member of the DPR RI from the National Awakening Party (PKB) faction, Abdul Kadir Karding, he considered that the step was right. It's just that there are a number of things that the government must think about, including employee problems after the institution is dissolved later.

"We must also think about where the human resources (human resources) in the disbanded institution will be," Karding told VOI, Tuesday, July 14.

Before dissolving the institution, he asked the government to conduct a study. This is intended so that the disbanded institution is right on target. "It must be thoroughly studied so that the institutions that are streamlined are really institutions that are not functioning, which are no longer productive, and institutions that are wasting budgets," he said.

He considered that this disbandment was actually not the first time it was carried out during President Jokowi's leadership. Karding noted, during the past 2014-2017, the government has dissolved 23 institutions that were considered not working optimally.

This is what made him support Jokowi's decision. Moreover, this dissolution needs to be done so that the state is not wasteful of budget, is more agile in implementing decisions, and is efficient.

Karding noted, there are at least 98 non-structural institutions whose existence is based on laws, presidential decrees (Kepres), presidential regulations (Perpres), and government regulations (PP). So, if President Jokowi wants to move quickly to dissolve the institution, it can be started from an institution whose formation is based on the Presidential Decree, Presidential Decree, Government Regulation.

"If you want to move quickly, the first thing that can be streamlined is those regulated by the Presidential Decree, Perpres, or PP, which totals 21 institutions. Therefore, it is purely the presidential authority," he said.

Previously, President Joko Widodo said there were 18 institutions that would be dissolved in the near future. However, he did not elaborate on which institutions would be dissolved.

The former governor of DKI Jakarta said that the elimination of this state institution was carried out to reduce the burden on the state budget amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This is because the costs originally budgeted for this unproductive institution can be diverted to more important matters.

"The more we can return the budget, the cost. If it can be returned to the ministerial ministries, to the Director General, the Directorate, and the Director must use these agencies again. To the commissions again," said Jokowi at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Monday , July 13th.

The streamlining of institutions, he continued, is also expected to accelerate the government's steps. Especially in the future global competition, countries that are fast will beat countries that are slow to work.

"I want the ship to be as simple as possible so that it moves faster," he concluded.