Civil servants demand Idul Fitri bonuses

Civil servants demand Idul Fitri bonuses

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Civil Servants Corps (Korpri) demanded
on Monday that the government provide an Idul Fitri bonus to the
country's 3.7 million civil servants.

The state budget does not provide money for the bonuses,
leaving government bodies at the national and local levels to
decide on their own how much of a bonus they can provide
employees.

Korpri deputy chairman Sapta Nirwandar said: "We hope the
bonuses will be delivered at least one week before Idul Fitri,
and that they amount to at least one month's basic salary."

Sapta said the money for the bonuses could be taken from the
oil revenue in the budget.

He said Korpri chairman Feisal Tamin, who is also the state
minister for administrative reforms, had made exactly this demand
during a Cabinet meeting on Nov. 6.

"But so far we have yet to receive any response," Sapta said.

Rank I civil servants receive a basic monthly salary of about
Rp 600,000 (US$70), rank II receive Rp 700,000, rank III get Rp
800,000 and rank IV earn a basic monthly salary of Rp 1.2
million. --JP