Speech At The Korpri National Coordination Meeting, Jokowi Angry ASN Only Busy Taking Care Of SPJ

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JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo asked the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) to overhaul the accountability letter (SPJ) report system so that the state civil apparatus (ASN) is not only oriented to take care of this.

When opening the National Working Meeting of the 2023 Indonesian Civil Service Corps (Korpri) in Jakarta, Tuesday, October 3, Jokowi shared his experience during a visit to the regions and found that the principal had to take care of the SPJ until late at night.

"I see how the principal and his teacher work until tonight what business is it? SPJ. It's not a matter of preparing, planning teaching and learning activities, but a matter of SPJ," said Jokowi.

He also admitted that there was a wrong system related to this, especially regarding the SPJ report. Jokowi assessed that ASN is a bureaucratic machine that should take care of important things and there is a clear performance and reward benchmark system.

Jokowi gave an example of the performance of ASN, such as regional secretaries who must be able to grow the regional economy in the district by more than 6 percent. In addition, he continued, the head of the relevant agencies should also be able to reduce the inflation rate below 3 percent.

"Head of the service related to inflation, what? If inflation cannot be below 3 (percent), it means not working. Third, poverty. This is what is needed. Not stuck in the daily routine SPJ, SPJ, SPJ; procedures, procedures, procedures," said Jokowi.

Therefore, he also asked the Minister for Administrative Reform and Bureaucratic Reform (Menpan RB) Abdullah Azwar Anas to formulate a change in SPJ procedures through the revision of the ASN Law which is scheduled to be ratified by the DPR RI in Jakarta, Tuesday.