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        "msgid": "tito-karnavian-reveals-reasons-for-absence-at-dpr-meeting-1774861296",
        "date": "2026-03-30 14:29:02",
        "title": "Tito Karnavian Reveals Reasons for Absence at DPR Meeting",
        "author": "",
        "source": "TEMPO_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has explained his repeated absences from working meetings with DPR Commission II, attributing them to urgent presidential engagements and disaster response duties in Sumatra, rather than any intentional disrespect. During a meeting on 30 March 2026, he detailed conflicts such as attending President Prabowo Subianto's events, including the \"Sekolah Rakyat\" initiative, and his role as head of the Sumatra Disaster Response Task Force, which often required his presence in affected areas with short-notice parliamentary invitations. Commission II Chairman Rifqinizamy Karsayuda expressed his concerns light-heartedly, seeking clarification to understand the reasons behind the minister's unavailability.",
        "content": "<p>Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian has explained the reasons for\nhis frequent absences from working meetings with DPR Commission II,\nwhich oversees domestic governance, land affairs, and state apparatus\nempowerment. Tito provided this explanation during an open working\nmeeting with Commission II held at the Parliamentary Complex in Senayan,\nJakarta, on Monday, 30 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Tito stated that his absence from five consecutive meetings with the\nDPR was not intentional. He reasoned that there were other pressing\nevents at the time. \u201cIt was in no way meant to disrespect or undervalue\nCommission II of the DPR,\u201d Tito told the attending DPR members.<\/p>\n<p>The former Chief of the Indonesian National Police explained that on\nseveral occasions, meetings with Commission II coincided with\ninvitations from President Prabowo Subianto. He noted that these\ninvitations could not be missed as only a few ministers were\ninvolved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCommission meetings often coincide with presidential events that I\nmust attend, for example, the people\u2019s school in Bekasi, where the role\nof the Home Affairs Ministry is very important, and only a few ministers\nwere invited, besides the Minister of Basic Education because the Home\nAffairs Ministry also plays a role in the People\u2019s School,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Tito mentioned his busy schedule as Head of the Sumatra\nDisaster Response Task Force. He admitted that in recent months, he has\noften been in disaster-affected areas. According to him, invitations to\nCommission II meetings often arrive just two days before the event,\nwhile he was in the middle of the forest at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that time, I was almost certainly spending 3-4 days a week\ntravelling around Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, when opening the meeting, Commission II Chairman\nRifqinizamy Karsayuda raised the issue of Tito Karnavian\u2019s absence from\nDPR meetings. \u201cI am the one who most often raises the absence of the\nHome Affairs Minister, and every time I mention it, within five minutes,\nseveral media outlets report on the Home Affairs Minister,\u201d Rifqi\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>He stated that he did not intend to discredit Tito. His questions\nwere purely to find out the reasons behind Tito\u2019s absences. \u201cI was just\nexpressing a longing that is hard to articulate,\u201d he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/tito-karnavian-reveals-reasons-for-absence-at-dpr-meeting-1774861296",
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