Gus Ipul's Directives to Thousands of PKH Assistants: Work with Real Impact
The message was delivered during a coordination meeting of the Minister of Social Affairs with PKH human resources, held virtually from the Ministry of Social Affairs office in Central Jakarta. The meeting was attended by more than 6,000 PKH District Team Leaders, Regency/City, and Provincial levels from across Indonesia.
Gus Ipul was accompanied by the Director of Non-Disaster Social Protection, Faisal, and the Minister of Social Affairs’ Expert Staff for Planning and Strategic Policy Evaluation, Andy Kurniawan.
Gus Ipul emphasised that the current status of PKH assistants as ASN PPPK is a form of the state’s trust that must be maintained with good performance and full responsibility.
“It is an extraordinary honour from the state towards us. An extraordinary trust from the President towards us. Therefore, there is no other choice; we must repay this with proper work, good work, measured work, professional work,” he stated in a written release on Tuesday (28/4/2026).
Gus Ipul appreciated the assistants who have been working to support beneficiary families (KPM). However, he also reminded them that violations of rules would not be tolerated.
“We absolutely do not want any PKH assistants to receive sanctions, but we know that there are things that must not be violated,” he stressed.
Throughout 2026, dozens of cases of PKH assistant violations in various disciplinary categories have been recorded, ranging from warnings to dismissal processes. According to Gus Ipul, this serves as an important alarm for all assistants to maintain discipline and integrity.
In his directives, Gus Ipul reiterated the three main mandates from the President to the Ministry of Social Affairs: updating the National Single Socio-Economic Data (DTSEN), distributing social assistance on target, and organising the People’s School.
He emphasised that PKH assistants play a key role in ensuring these three mandates are implemented in the field.
“PKH assistants are the determinants of the success of the President’s priority programme. PKH assistants are the face of the state before its people,” he said.
Gus Ipul also reminded that the approach to poverty alleviation is not limited to distributing social assistance but must encourage gradual changes in family conditions, from reducing expenditure burdens, increasing income, to breaking the chain of poverty through education.
Gus Ipul stressed the importance of an empowerment approach in the context of 3A, namely Ability, Asset, and Accessibility. Assistants are urged not only to conduct routine meetings but also to actively guide KPM to attend training, access business opportunities, and enhance their capacities.
On that occasion, Gus Ipul conveyed eight firm directives that must serve as guidelines for PKH assistants, namely upholding integrity without compromise, ensuring DTSEN is accurate and honest, realising targeted social assistance, keeping the People’s School outreach process clean, encouraging KPM graduation, being present early in the community, working professionally, and ensuring every effort has real impact.
“Measure success not from reports, but from changes in people’s lives,” he stressed.
At the end of his directives, Gus Ipul invited all PKH assistants to strengthen the spirit of togetherness in carrying out their duties.
“Diverse backgrounds, one line,” he exclaimed, greeted simultaneously by PKH assistants from across Indonesia.