Attending Judicial Commission Annual Report Event, Jokowi: Public Expectations For State Institutions Are Higher

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reminded state institutions to be able to provide the best, professional and adaptive services. This step is important because the public has high expectations.

This was conveyed by Jokowi while attending the 2021 Judicial Commission (KY) annual report submission event which was attended online, Wednesday, March 9.

"Public expectations for state institutions are getting higher. We are required to be able to provide better services, create a government system, and public services that are more professional and adaptive", Jokowi said as shown on the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube.

With this condition, Jokowi then said three keys must be owned by Judicial Commission and other state institutions. The three are transparency, participation, and adaptation.

Not only that, Judicial Commission with other state institutions must be able to be more productive, work fast in an era full of disruption and competition like today.

"The Judicial Commission is also required to be able to serve and respond to the fulfillment of the rights and interests of the community, realizing the independence of the judicial system to uphold law and justice", said Jokowi.

"Therefore, the government supports every step taken by the Judicial Commission to improve the quality of its services by implementing and continuing to develop digital services such as in the recruitment of judges, judges' behavior reports, whistleblowing systems, online complaints as well as using the Judicial Commission Mobile application in digital content service applications", he added. the former governor of DKI Jakarta.

Furthermore, Jokowi said that the role of the Judicial Commission in judicial reform is very important. So it is hoped that this institution can carry out an independent external oversight function so that an independent judicial power can run in harmony with judicial accountability.

"KY must ensure that every act of humiliating honor and nobility can be completed as much as possible so that the authority, honor, and nobility of judges and the honor of judicial institutions are always maintained", concluded Jokowi.