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        "id": 1738490,
        "msgid": "social-affairs-minister-gus-ipul-relieves-two-officials-in-wake-of-peoples-school-procurement-issues-1778730820",
        "date": "2026-05-14 08:09:47",
        "title": "Social Affairs Minister Gus Ipul Relieves Two Officials in Wake of People's School Procurement Issues",
        "author": "",
        "source": "VIVA",
        "tags": "berita",
        "topic": "Regulation",
        "summary": "Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf, known as Gus Ipul, has temporarily relieved two officials from their positions at the Ministry of Social Affairs to facilitate an evaluation and investigation into the procurement of shoes for People's School students, following allegations of price markups that went viral on social media. He has tasked the Inspector General with deepening the probe and instructed the Secretary General to rationalize the 2026 budget, strengthen procurement team capacity, and ensure direct oversight. Gus Ipul emphasized consultations with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and police to maintain accountable, transparent, and corruption-free procurement processes, while forming a special team led by Deputy Minister Agus Jabo Priyono to provide a clearer picture of the issues.",
        "content": "<p>Social Affairs Minister (Mensos) Saifullah Yusuf, or Gus Ipul, has\nrelieved two officials at the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) from\ntheir duties. Gus Ipul explained that the step was taken to facilitate\nthe evaluation and investigation process for the procurement of goods\nand services, particularly shoe equipment for People\u2019s School students,\nwhich has been widely discussed recently. \u201cI am temporarily relieving\nthem from their positions as follows. (First) the Head of the Goods and\nServices Procurement Services Section as the Commitment Making Officer\nin the General Secretariat Work Unit. Second, the Head of the Equipment\nand State Property Sub-section,\u201d said Gus Ipul during a press\nconference, quoted on Thursday, 14 May 2026. He then assigned the\nInspector General (Irjen) of Kemensos to continue the in-depth\ninvestigation as well as conduct the evaluation and investigation. He\nalso requested the Secretary General (Sekjen) of Kemensos to carry out\nbudget rationalization for the 2026 procurement, strengthen the\nprocurement team\u2019s capacity, and provide direct oversight. \u201cEverything\nwe have done is part of the evaluation to improve procurement in 2026,\u201d\nstated Gus Ipul. Gus Ipul affirmed that his side has consulted with the\nKPK and Police so that Kemensos can carry out accountable, transparent\ngoods and services procurement that is acceptable as clean from\ncorruption. It was previously known that there was a viral issue on\nsocial media regarding alleged price markups for shoes given to People\u2019s\nSchool students. In response to this, the Mensos formed a special team\nto delve into goods and services procurement issues at Kemensos\nfollowing information that became controversial on social media. Gus\nIpul appointed Deputy Social Affairs Minister (Wamensos) Agus Jabo\nPriyono and the Irjen of Kemensos to lead the special team. The\nformation of this special team, he said, aims to provide the public with\na more complete picture of the issues that have become controversial on\nsocial media. \u201cSo that we can get a clearer and more complete picture of\nthe issues that have been circulating on social media so far. Because\nnews is sometimes entirely true, sometimes half true,\u201d said Gus\nIpul.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/social-affairs-minister-gus-ipul-relieves-two-officials-in-wake-of-peoples-school-procurement-issues-1778730820",
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