Jakarta \u2014 State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi outlined the results\nof a meeting held with several ministers and heads of agencies at the\nDefence Ministry on Tuesday 17 March 2026. The meeting focused on\nevaluating staffing recruitment structures across ministries and\nagencies.<\/p>\n
Prasetyo explained that the meeting discussed evaluating staffing and\nrecruitment of civil service workers (ASN) who will implement\npresidential priority programmes including the Red and White Village\nCooperatives initiative and the Fishing Communities programme.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn accordance with the President\u2019s directive, we have all been asked\nto conduct a comprehensive evaluation of our staffing design and\nstructure. In parallel, we have all been asked to conduct reviews and\nexercises in preparation for staffing to implement the President\u2019s\npriority programmes,\u201d Prasetyo said following the meeting.<\/p>\n
Prasetyo cited an example of the meeting, where the Basic and\nSecondary Education Minister Abdul Mu\u2019ti was tasked with re-evaluating\nthe need for teaching staff, staffing composition and required\nfields.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin, who also attended,\nwas asked to conduct a census of healthcare staffing needs in\ndisadvantaged regions (3T areas). There remain approximately 4,000\nhealth centres without medical personnel, doctors and dentists.<\/p>\n
However, when asked whether there would be civil service recruitment\nthis year, Prasetyo could not provide assurance.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot yet, we are still finalising and formulating it,\u201d he\nexplained.<\/p>\n
However, he confirmed that all attending ministers had presented\ntheir respective needs, taking into account current fiscal capacity.<\/p>\n
Prasetyo also acknowledged that the government is currently\nimplementing spending cuts, meaning the number of civil service workers\nto be recruited remains uncertain.<\/p>\n
\u201cRegarding numbers, we cannot provide a definitive figure yet.\nHowever, each year naturally, a number of civil service workers reach\nretirement age. So if we wish to protect the fiscal position, we may\nalign recruitment with that figure,\u201d Prasetyo said.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo however many reach retirement age would then set the limit for\nour capacity to recruit new civil service workers, of course to\nimplement government programmes,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The meeting was also attended by Interior Minister Tito Karnavian,\nMarine and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, Cooperative\nMinister Ferry Juliantono, Managing Director of Agrinas Pangan Joao\nAngelo De Sousa, Head of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) Amalia Adininggar\nWidyasanti, Deputy Defence Minister Donny Ermawan, and the Minister of\nAdministrative and Bureaucratic Reform Rini Widyantini.<\/p>\n
Prasetyo also explained why the meeting was held at the Defence\nMinistry, noting that specialised training would be coordinated with\nfuture civil service recruitment.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we decide to conduct recruitment, we will ask the Defence\nMinistry, which has education institutions fairly widely distributed, to\nconduct the training and preparation. This is why we held the meeting at\nthe Defence Ministry,\u201d he said.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/multiple-ministers-discuss-civil-service-recruitment-at-defence-ministry-headquarters-1773745123", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }