Home Affairs Minister Reveals Three Strategies to Secure ASN Salaries in Regions
The government has prepared three schemes to support regional administrations (Pemda) in fulfilling salary payments for Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK). The move is intended to ensure PPPK salary payments are met and no employees are laid off.
Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian explained that the first scheme requires regional administrations to implement budget efficiency measures. These efficiencies include reducing official travel, unnecessary meetings, and spending on food and beverages.
Secondly, if a regional administration has outstanding Revenue Sharing Funds (DBH) that have not been disbursed or have been underpaid by the central government, these funds will be paid to help cover personnel expenditure.
Thirdly, if efficiencies have been implemented but the regional administration is still unable to meet personnel spending, while the DBH received is unavailable or relatively small, the central government will provide additional General Allocation Funds (DAU).
“I think this is a policy from the President who is very attentive to fiscal problems in the regions. Especially to pay for mandatory costs, namely personnel expenditure,” the Home Affairs Minister told the media after a Coordination Meeting on the Continuation of PPPK and ASN Teacher Status at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday (10/8/2026).
The Home Affairs Minister explained that the PPPK issue has been discussed with relevant ministries, including its status and financing. This has become a concern because several regional administrations have conveyed a potential limitation in their personnel expenditure budgets, specifically for paying PPPK salaries.
“We have already exercised several regions. We have also met with the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform and the Minister of Finance. The principle is that there should be no option for these PPPK employees to be laid off, let alone become unemployed; their salaries must be paid,” he said.
Tito further stated that based on the Minister of Finance Decree Number 198 of 2026 concerning the Adjustment of Allocation Details and Distribution of the 2026 DAU, the Disbursement of DBH Underpayments up to 2024, and the Disbursement of Treasury Deposit Facility Funds in 2026, the total additional or central government support to the regions reached IDR 18.9 trillion. Of that amount, approximately IDR 10 trillion is DBH paid to the regions, while more than IDR 8 trillion comes from additional DAU.
“So the total is almost IDR 19 trillion. With this addition, we all hope it can resolve the issue of personnel expenditure, so that both PPPK and part-time workers can be financed and paid by their respective regional governments,” said Tito.
Meanwhile, specifically for teachers, Law Number 23 of 2014 on Regional Government has regulated the division of authority for education administration. Early Childhood Education (PAUD), Kindergarten (TK), Primary Schools (SD), and Junior High Schools (SMP) fall under the authority of district/city governments. Senior High Schools (SMA) and Vocational Schools (SMK) are under the provincial government, while higher education is the central government’s authority.
Regarding teaching personnel, the Home Affairs Minister explained that the central government can take steps to address the issue. One such step is transferring the status of teachers to become central government civil servants (ASN), who can then be placed in regions experiencing teacher shortages, thereby distributing the education workforce more evenly.
“This is currently being exercised. I also explained that this will certainly ease the burden on regional governments, especially in reducing personnel expenditure,” he concluded.
The coordination meeting was also attended by Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform Rini Widyantini, Minister of Basic and Secondary Education Abdul Mu’ti, and Minister of Religious Affairs Nasaruddin Umar.