Jokowi Promises The Government Will Be More Serious In Implementing Ombudsman Recommendations

President Jokowi received the Ombudsman's audience at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta today. (Ist)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received an audience with the Ombudsman at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta today. The Indonesian Ombudsman submits the 2021 annual report as well as discusses several things.

Indonesian Ombudsman member Dadan Suparjo Suharmawijaya stated that Jokowi promised that the government, both ministries, state institutions, and local governments would be more serious in carrying out recommendations from the results of the Ombudsman's supervision on a state administration issue.

"Mr. President promised to take the results of the ombudsman's general supervision seriously to be followed up by the president, because indeed what was submitted was a supervisory report", said Dadan in the Presidential Secretariat's YouTube show, Tuesday, April 12.

"The President said that the Ombudsman as a state institution has consistently supervised public services and the government will be serious about the results of the supervision submitted by the Ombudsman", he continued.

Meanwhile, in delivering the results of the annual performance, the Ombudsman conveyed several important agendas in order to improve the quality of public service delivery in Indonesia.

"The results of the Ombudsman's performance during 2021 will focus on several issues, including the completion of public reports, then prevention of maladministration through a public service compliance survey at the regional and ministry level, and institutional development", said Chief Ombudsman, Mokhammad Najih.

Najih said his party also asked for an increase or institutional strengthening through the improvement or revision of laws and regulations relating to the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia.

Najih admitted that Jokowi responded well to what the Ombudsman had been doing for a year. Jokowi also hopes that in the future the Ombudsman will continue to work and improve his supervision.

"On this occasion we also expect support from the President so that all Ministries, state institutions, and agencies related to the supervision of public services work together to coordinate and synergize in the context of completing public reports", he said.