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        "msgid": "interior-minister-explains-reasons-for-previous-absences-from-meetings-with-dpr-ri-commission-ii-1774849999",
        "date": "2026-03-30 12:00:09",
        "title": "Interior Minister Explains Reasons for Previous Absences from Meetings with DPR RI Commission II",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Interior Minister Tito Karnavian has apologised for missing at least five previous meetings with DPR Commission II, attributing the absences to scheduling conflicts with presidential duties, including disaster response in Sumatra and accompanying President Prabowo Subianto on key events. He emphasised that deputy ministers represented him and that the invitations were often received too late, while Commission II Chairman Muhammad Rifqinizamy Karsayuda expressed appreciation for his attendance at the latest working meeting. The session focused on oversight of the Interior Ministry's 2026 programmes, the National Border Management Agency, and the IKN Authority, alongside follow-up on 2025 financial audits.",
        "content": "<p>Jakarta (ANTARA) - Interior Minister Tito Karnavian has explained the\nreasons for his absence, at least five times, from meetings with DPR RI\nCommission II. During a working meeting with DPR RI Commission II at the\nparliamentary complex in Senayan, Jakarta, on Monday, Tito stated that\nhe was unable to attend previous meetings due to other obligations. The\nother duties referred to by Tito include accompanying President Prabowo\nSubianto\u2019s working visits and inspecting disaster-affected areas at the\nend of last year in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra. \u201cThe\nCommission\u2019s events also coincided with the President\u2019s events that I\nhad to attend, for example, the People\u2019s School in Bekasi, where the\nrole of the Interior Ministry is very important, and only a few\nministers were invited,\u201d he said. Tito recounted that he was asked by\nPresident Prabowo to go directly since the flash floods and landslides\nhit northern Sumatra at the end of November 2025. \u201cAt that time, I was\nalmost certainly travelling for 3\u20134 days in a week around Aceh, North\nSumatra, West Sumatra, until I was appointed as the Head of the Task\nForce for Accelerating Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Post-Sumatra\nDisaster,\u201d he said. In addition, Tito mentioned that invitations to DPR\nmeetings were often not sent far in advance. \u201cI received it on Saturday\nfor Monday, even though at that time I was in the middle of the forest,\u201d\nhe said. Although he could not attend in person, Tito assigned deputy\nministers to attend the meetings with the commission handling domestic\ngovernance. \u201cAlmost all of them I asked the three deputy ministers to\nattend,\u201d he said. He further emphasised that his absence from previous\nmeetings was not a form of disrespect to the legislators, let alone to\navoid them. He also apologised for any inconveniences caused. \u201cOnce\nagain, we apologise if there are any inconveniences. There is absolutely\nno intention of disrespect, but that is what we convey happened,\u201d said\nInterior Minister Tito. Meanwhile, Chairman of Commission II of the DPR,\nMuhammad Rifqinizamy Karsayuda, appreciated the presence of Interior\nMinister Tito at this working meeting. \u201cWe express our highest thanks\nand appreciation, as well as the heaviest sense of missing, especially\nto Mr Interior Minister who is able to attend Commission II of the DPR\nRI today,\u201d he said at the beginning of the meeting. Rifqi admitted to\noften mentioning the absence of Interior Minister Tito. However, he\nemphasised, \u201cNot intending to discredit Mr Interior Minister, just\nexpressing a sense of missing that is hard to convey.\u201d On this Monday,\nCommission II of the DPR RI held a working meeting and hearing with\nInterior Minister Tito Karnavian, who is also the Head of the National\nBorder Management Agency (BNPP) RI, and Head of the Nusantara Capital\nAuthority (IKN) Basuki Hadimuljono. The meeting agenda included\npresentations and oversight of the work programmes of the Interior\nMinistry, BNPP, and IKN Authority for 2026, as well as follow-up on the\nFinancial Audit Agency (BPK) examination for 2025.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/interior-minister-explains-reasons-for-previous-absences-from-meetings-with-dpr-ri-commission-ii-1774849999",
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