Joko Agus Regional Secretary Issues Circular, ASN DKI Provincial Government Prohibited Flexing

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Regional Secretary Joko Agus Setyono issued a circular prohibiting state civil servants (ASN) from showing off their wealth or flexing. This is in the aftermath of the case of a number of officials who went viral due to their family's flexing.

This is stated in Circular Number 14/SE/2023 concerning the Implementation of Simple Lifestyles for State Civil Apparatus Employees within the Provincial Government of the Special Capital Region of Jakarta.

In the SE, Joko instructed the head of regional apparatus to appeal, encourage, enforce discipline and set a good example of a simple lifestyle to his staff, and not hesitate to discipline, foster, reprimand and impose sanctions on ASN in their environment who still show behavior that is not in accordance with the ASN code of ethics.

"ASN employees and families are expected to apply a simple living culture without a luxurious lifestyle or show hedonism in social life by complying with legal norms, propriety and appropriateness," Joko wrote in the SE, quoted on Thursday, May 4.

Then, ASN employees are asked to be committed to realizing clean state operations by setting an example of good behavior and maintaining the integrity and good name of the agency.

"ASN employees are asked to be wiser in using social media by not uploading posts that show a luxurious lifestyle," he said.

Then, ASN employees are asked to have a positive influence on the organization's environment and society consistently in enforcing disciplinary rules and employee code of ethics in accordance with Government Regulation Number 42 of 2004 concerning Corps Mental Development and the Code of Ethics for Civil Servants and Government Regulation Number 94 of 2021 concerning Civil Servant Discipline.

This SE issuance is the way the DKI Provincial Government deals with the phenomenon of flexing its official family, one of which is the Head of Traffic Control and Operations and Road Transportation Division of the Arouffy Massdes Transportation Service.

Some time ago, netizens exposed the behavior of Massdes' wife and children who often uploaded photos of their appearances and accessories. Various brands of well-known bags on display ranging from Hermès, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga, to Dior.

When traced, the price of bags exhibited by the Masdes family varied, ranging from tens of millions to billions of rupiah. After being examined by the Inspectorate, it turned out that the luxury bag belonging to Massdes KW's wife or was fake.

Then, another hedon style of DKI Provincial Government officials revealed by netizens, namely the Head of the Quality Improvement of Housing and Settlement Areas of the North Jakarta Public Housing and Settlement Areas (Sudin PRKP).

On Twitter social media, netizens highlight the style of hedon and family. Warganet explained that the flexible style of Selvy's family was revealed by the child.

Selvy's son, through his personal social media, said his mother spent Rp27 million to stay at a luxury hotel on New Year's Eve. His son also uploaded a photo of a newly purchased Mazda 3 car by accident.

There are also photos of Selvy wearing Gucci-branded bag and shoe accessories of up to tens of millions of rupiah, as well as photos of Selvy after shopping abroad. Selvy was also examined by the DKI Inspectorate.

Now, Selvy has been disabled from his position. Then, Massdes has now been transferred from his previous position.