Airlangga-Purbaya Discuss WFH at Palace: Solution to Energy Crisis?

The government is planning to implement a work-from-home (WFH) system for civil servants (ASN) and private sector employees to support national energy resilience efficiency. Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto and Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa met with President Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace on Friday afternoon (27/3/2026). “We will report to the President first,” said Airlangga, who intended to report the results of the morning meeting at the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy, as quoted from Kompas.com on Friday (27/3/2026). Meanwhile, Purbaya was not yet aware of what topics the president would discuss in the upcoming meeting. “Not yet known,” he explained. Other countries such as the Philippines and Malaysia have already implemented it. However, both ASN and private sector employees in the public service sector would not be included in the WFH policy. “Then it would be holidays all the time. Then no work would get done. So WFH, how about that, sometimes there are things that cannot be done well with WFH,” said Purbaya, as quoted from Antara on Saturday (21/3/2026). It is acknowledged that with WFH, the government could save up to 20 percent of fuel usage (BBM). The WFH is planned to be implemented for one day per week. “There is a very rough calculation… (WFH could save) one-fifth, approximately 20 percent (of BBM usage),” explained Purbaya.