The Chairman Of The DPRD Reminded The Regional Secretary Of DKI, Joko Agus, To Focus On Solving 3 Priority Problems.

Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Prasetyo Edi Marsudi. (Diah-VOI)A

JAKARTA - Joko Agus Setyono was officially appointed as the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of DKI Jakarta on Wednesday, February 15 yesterday. Chairman of the DKI Jakarta DPRD Prasetyo Edi Marsudi asked Joko to focus on solving three priority problems in Jakarta. These three problems have also become the focus of the work of the Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono while leading the capital city. Prasetyo hopes that Joko will be able to build work harmonization to complete three priority programs. " “ prioritize (resolution) problems of traffic jams, floods, food security problems, city poverty problems as well," Prasetyo said in his statement, Thursday, February 16. Prasetyo assessed that Joko did not take long to adapt to his new job. Considering that Joko had previously been poor across as an official at the regional level Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). The track of his career as a regional budget management supervisor can be Joko's provision in compiling budget allocations in accordance with the focus of the development of the DKI Provincial Government. "We are also thinking that later it will be a target in the (APBD) change that we will discuss hopefully the planning of the TAPD budget team chaired by the new Regional Secretary to be successful," said Prasetyo. As is known, Joko's appointment as the Regional Secretary of DKI is contained in Presidential Decree (Keppres) Number 13/TPA of 2023 concerning the Appointment of Middle High Leadership Officials within the Provincial Government (Pemprov) of DKI Jakarta which was signed by Jokowi on February 13, 2023. Joko replaces the position of Acting Secretary of the DKI Regional Secretary Uus Kuswanto who is also the Assistant for People's Welfare of the DKI Provincial Secretariat who has been inaugurated since December 2, 2022. In the first phase of the selection of the positions of the Regional Secretary of DKI, there were 10 names of echelon II officials who passed the administrative selection. Joko's name is the most foreign than other candidates. The nine bidders in the position are officials of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government. Meanwhile, Joko is the only external official in the capital city. Various stages of selection are passed. Until the last stage, namely interviews with the selection committee, there are three names left. Joko's name persists. These three names were brought by the DKI Provincial Government to the Palace to be selected by one of them by Jokowi, to be sworn in by Heru on Wednesday, February 15 yesterday. When elected, Joko canceled two other candidates for the selection of the DKI Regional Secretary who also passed a number of selection stages, namely Dhany Sukma who is currently the Mayor of Central Jakarta, and Michael Rolandi Cesnanta Brata who is currently the Head of the DKI Jakarta Regional Asset Management Agency. Joko was born in Kebumen, December 11, 1968. He has led the regional level BPK several times. He has served as Head of the East Java Representative BPK Secretariat since 2014, then Head of the Riau Islands Province Representative BPK in 2017-2018. Furthermore, Joko has served as Head of BPK West Kalimantan since 2020. Then, he assumed the position of Head of BPK Representative for East Java in 2020, and Head of BPK Representative for Bali Province since 2022.