House of Representatives Holds Joint Meeting with Government to Discuss Post-Disaster Recovery in Sumatra

The leadership of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) held a joint meeting with the government to discuss the acceleration of post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction in Sumatra.

The meeting was held at Nusantara IV, DPR Complex, Parliament, Senayan, Jakarta, on Wednesday (18 February 2026). It was chaired by Deputy Speaker of the DPR RI Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, with fellow Deputy Speakers Cucun Ahmad Syamsurizal and Saan Mustopa also in attendance.

Also present were the Head of the Government Task Force for the Acceleration of Post-Disaster Rehabilitation and Reconstruction in Sumatra, who also serves as Home Affairs Minister Tito Karnavian; Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General Suharyanto; Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa; Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin; Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf; Public Works Minister Dody Hanggodo; Housing and Settlement Areas Minister Mauarar Sirait; Religious Affairs Minister Nasaruddin Umar; Primary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu’ti; Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman; and Head of the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti.

Also attending were Chairperson of DPR Commission X Hetifah Sjaifudin, Deputy Chairperson of Commission X Lalu Hadrian, MY Esti Wijayati, and Commission XIII member Rieke Diah Pitaloka.

Dasco stated that the agenda for the day’s meeting concerned the handling of post-disaster recovery in Sumatra. He noted that in a previous meeting, the DPR and the government had set a target for government operations to be restored before Ramadan.

“In the coordination meeting on the handling of the aftermath of the flash floods in Aceh on 10 January 2026, there were several initial conclusions — firstly, that we targeted government operations across all areas of Aceh to be running again before the fasting month,” Dasco said.

“And thankfully, from our monitoring, only very few areas are still experiencing disruptions,” he added.

Furthermore, he said his side had also been monitoring river normalisation and infrastructure in previously isolated areas. At present, according to him, there are no longer any isolated areas, particularly in Aceh.

“Although the terrain is challenging, there are no longer any isolated areas, and river normalisation continues to this day,” he said.

“Next is the provision of housing, for which we will hear today’s progress report, as well as environmental clean-up,” he added.