Jokowi Gives Honors To 127 Figures, From Doctors To Writers
JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) awarded the Republic of Indonesia honors to 127 recipients. This sign of honor was carried out in the ceremony for the awarding of honors in commemoration of the 77th Independence Day of the Republic of Indonesia.
The award ceremony was held at the State Palace, Central Jakarta, Friday, August 12 morning.
The honors awarded by Jokowi this year consist of the Mahaputera Star, the Jasa Bintang, and the Parama Dharma Cultural Star, which were awarded to the recipients based on the Presidential Decrees of the Republic of Indonesia Number 64, 65, and 66/TK/TH 2022.
The Presidential Decree was enacted in Jakarta on August 11, 2022.
"As an appreciation for his services by the provisions of special conditions to obtain the honorary marks of Bintang Mahaputera Pratama, Bintang Jasa, and Bintang Budaya Parama Dharma as regulated in the law," said Military Secretary of the President, Marsdya TNI M. Tonny Harjono, while reading the Presidential Decree, Friday, August 12.
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The receipt of the honors was represented by seven recipients or heirs of the recipients who were present in person at the State Palace. The seven recipients are:
1. Alm. Ajip Rosidi, a writer, was awarded the honorary Star Mahaputera Pratama;
2. TNI Lieutenant General (Ret.) Ida Bagus Purwalaksana, Inspector General of the Ministry of Defense 2019-2022, was awarded the Honorary Star Service Main;
3. Alm. Prof. Dr. Mundardjito, an archaeologist, was awarded the Parama Dharma Cultural Star;
4. Almh. dr. Carolina Rezeki Sihombing, a specialist at the Depok City Hospital;
5. Alm. Sunjaya, Head of Puskesmas at UPTD Puskesmas Sukatani, Bekasi District Health Office, West Java, representing the other 98 recipients who were each awarded the Pratama Jasa Bintang;
6. Alm. Gugum Gumbira, Sundanese traditional artist; and
7. Almh. Dewi Wikantini, a supervising midwife at the UPT Puskesmas Baktijaya Kota, Depok, West Java, represented the other 22 recipients, each of whom was awarded the Bintang Jasa Nararya honorary mark.