Denpasar Mayor Apologizes to Prabowo, Admits Erroneous Statement on BPJS PBI
Jakarta - Denpasar Mayor I Gusti Ngurah Jaya Negara has clarified his statement regarding the deactivation of Health Insurance Contribution Assistance (PBI JK) recipients. Jaya Negara also issued an apology.
Jaya Negara had previously stated that the deactivation of PBI JK for 24,401 beneficiaries in Deciles 6-10 in Denpasar was ordered by President Prabowo Subianto.
Jaya Negara admitted he was mistaken and clarified that the regulation he was referring to in his earlier statement should have been Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 4 of 2025 on the National Single Social and Economic Data (DTSEN).
“Honestly, we had no such intention whatsoever. What we meant was that the President issued Instruction Number 4 of 2025 on DTSEN, which aims to improve data accuracy so that it is better targeted, effective, and efficient,” Jaya Negara said in his statement.
Jaya Negara said that Minister of Social Affairs Decree Number 4 Point C states that Health Insurance PBI uses Deciles 1-5. He said he received a report from the Denpasar Social Affairs Office stating that 24,401 PBI beneficiaries in Deciles 6-10 had been deactivated in Denpasar.
The Denpasar City Government then coordinated with BPJS Health so that the deactivated data could be reactivated using funds from the Denpasar city budget (APBD).
The Denpasar City Government, he said, is committed to supporting the central government’s policy regarding the resolution of the BPJS Health PBI deactivation for Deciles 6-10.
“So that our residents continue to receive BPJS health services in Denpasar,” Jaya Negara added.
Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf, known as Gus Ipul, had previously asked Jaya Negara to retract his statement regarding the PBI JK deactivation. Gus Ipul said Jaya Negara’s claim that the deactivation was ordered by President Prabowo was misleading.
“That statement is misleading and has truly confused the public, because what was conveyed is far from the facts. It made it seem as though the President instructed the deactivation of PBI. This is truly misleading,” Gus Ipul said in a press release on Friday (13/2).