Luhut targets Bali to accelerate government's digital transformation

Denpasar (ANTARA) - The Head of the Government’s Digital Transformation Acceleration Committee, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, is now targeting the province of Bali in an effort to expand the implementation of government digital transformation, after its previous success in Banyuwangi.

“Bali is one of many provinces, but we are focusing on Bali. Here, there are eight regencies and one city. Previously, Banyuwangi, as you heard, will be an example model,” said Luhut in Denpasar, Thursday.

He asked the Governor of Bali to deploy regents/mayors to immediately begin the process through socialisation and data collection so that all people of Bali can soon have a single digital identity.

This single digital identity will then be used for the digitalisation of social assistance, so Luhut believes that in the future, the distribution of social assistance will be more targeted.

“I think this will make Indonesia more transparent, more efficient, and our target is, I have reported to Mr. President, that it will be launched nationally in October this year,” he said.

With this, people can independently verify their identities through a single application, as Indonesia developed PeduliLindungi during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Government’s Digital Transformation Acceleration Committee estimates that the objection period will be completed in Banyuwangi next week, so that the process can begin in Bali.

Furthermore, it will also be carried out in parallel in other regencies/cities so that at least by April 2026, they will be included in the 200 regencies.

“So that at the time of the launch in October 2026, we hope that there will be around 200 million or 150 million Indonesian people who have a single digital identity,” said Luhut Binsar Panjaitan.

The Governor of Bali, Wayan Koster, then responded by ensuring that the regional governments throughout Bali will immediately hold a meeting and take action in collecting data.

According to him, integrating the many government applications into one platform is a good thing so that data can be managed better, so he encourages regents/mayors to start immediately.

“We will follow up by holding a meeting with regents/mayors, everyone is very happy, and that’s why we want to start preparations by early March, at the latest by the end of March, and it needs structured assistance at the village level,” he said.