Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) from the\nGolkar Party faction, as well as the 15th Speaker of the People\u2019s\nConsultative Assembly (MPR RI) and Deputy Chairman for Political, Legal\nand Security Affairs at the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry\n(KADIN Indonesia), Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet), is urging central and\nregional governments to accelerate bureaucratic reform oriented towards\nresults and tangible impact for the public. Bureaucratic reform must be\npositioned as an instrument to improve how the state works, speed up\npublic services, strengthen public trust, and simultaneously enhance\npeople\u2019s welfare.<\/p>\n
Bureaucratic reform is also one of the key prerequisites for the\nsuccess of development towards Indonesia Emas 2045, especially as\nPresident Prabowo Subianto has designated the National Bureaucratic\nReform Grand Design (DBRBN) 2026-2045 as part of implementing the\nIndonesia Emas 2045 vision and the Asta Cita.<\/p>\n
Bamsoet also outlined the role of Commission II of the DPR RI in\noverseeing bureaucratic reform policy, which encourages accelerating the\nquality of public services and increasing budget allocations for\nregional governments.<\/p>\n
He made these remarks while speaking at the National Coordination\nMeeting of Regional Secretaries at the Ministry of Home Affairs. Other\nspeakers included Secretary General of the Ministry of Home Affairs\nTomsi Tohir, Deputy for Bureaucracy, Apparatus Accountability and\nSupervision at the Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and\nBureaucratic Reform Erwan Agus Purwanto, and Assistant Deputy for\nBureaucratic Reform at the Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and\nBureaucratic Reform Agus Uji Hantara.<\/p>\n
\u201cBureaucratic reform must be seen as a transformation of how the\nstate works, delivers services, builds public trust, and improves\npeople\u2019s welfare. The measure is simple: whether the public receives\nservices that are faster, easier, cheaper, more transparent, and\nfairer,\u201d said Bamsoet on Thursday (20\/8\/2026).<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the public still has to deal with convoluted procedures, slow\nservices, unintegrated data, or uncertainty in obtaining services, then\nour bureaucratic reform is not yet complete,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n
He explained that regional governments are the decisive point for the\nsuccess of national bureaucratic reform because more than two-thirds of\npublic services that directly affect the public are delivered by\nregional governments. Therefore, policies formulated by the central\ngovernment will not work well if they are not effectively translated at\nthe provincial, regency and city levels.<\/p>\n
Challenges still encountered include organisations working in silos,\nunintegrated data, partial digitalisation, weak digital governance,\ncivil servant transfers and quality not yet fully based on a merit\nsystem, political intervention, fiscal capacity gaps, and disparities in\nhuman resource quality.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe central government can formulate good policies, but their\nsuccess is largely determined by implementation in the regions. If\nregional bureaucracies continue to work in isolation, data is not\nintegrated, digitalisation proceeds partially, and civil servant\nmanagement is not yet fully merit-based, then the public will continue\nto experience slow and convoluted services. Therefore, transformation\nmust reach the service units closest to the public,\u201d said Bamsoet.<\/p>\n
Bamsoet noted that governance gaps between central and regional\nlevels remain a serious problem. Several regions, particularly outside\nJava, still face limited apparatus capacity, suboptimal implementation\nof electronic-based government systems, fiscal constraints, weak data\nintegration, and political intervention in bureaucratic management.\nThese problems risk stalling bureaucratic reform without producing\nconcrete changes in people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe DPR RI, through its oversight function, continues to ensure that\nbureaucratic reform operates within a framework of checks and balances.\nOversight is not about finding fault with the government, but about\nensuring that policies run effectively, accountably, transparently, and\nproduce tangible benefits. We must be bold enough to measure whether\npermits are getting faster, services are becoming easier, investment is\nincreasing, poverty is falling, public satisfaction is rising, civil\nservants are becoming more professional, and corruption is declining,\u201d\nsaid Bamsoet.<\/p>\n
Bamsoet explained that the position of Regional Secretary holds a\nstrategic role as the driver of cross-agency coordination. Therefore,\nthe role of the Regional Secretary needs to be strengthened as both\nchief administrative officer and chief transformation officer in the\nregion. This means the Regional Secretary must be able to ensure that\nall regional agencies move in one policy direction, rather than\noperating independently based on sectoral interests.<\/p>\n
A collaborative, innovative, adaptive and results-oriented work\nculture is a prerequisite for bureaucratic reform to produce consistent\nchange.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegional Secretaries must become the engine of bureaucratic\ntransformation in their regions. The Regional Secretary holds a\nstrategic position to integrate regional agencies, unify data,\nstrengthen coordination and ensure that every programme has clear\ntargets and measurable outcomes. Poverty, stunting, inflation,\ninvestment, food security, education, health and public services cannot\nbe solved by a single regional agency working alone,\u201d Bamsoet\nelaborated.<\/p>\n
Bamsoet stressed the importance of building a more measurable and\ncontinuously monitorable bureaucratic reform oversight system. He\nencouraged collaboration between the DPR RI, the Ministry of Home\nAffairs, regional governments, academics, the business community and\ncivil society, including through the development of a National\nBureaucratic Reform Dashboard that can be monitored in real time by the\ncentral government and the DPR RI, particularly Commission II.<\/p>\n
The system is expected to provide a clearer picture of bureaucratic\nreform progress while identifying regions that require policy\nintervention.<\/p>\n
\u201cModern oversight must be based on outcomes and impact. We need to\nbuild integration of all national data, strengthen the civil service\nmerit system, accelerate integrated digitalisation of public services,\nand increase capacity,\u201d Bamsoet concluded.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/bamsoet-urges-acceleration-of-central-regional-bureaucratic-reform-1787216062", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }