Minister for Bureaucratic Reform: No Plans to Abolish Part-Time PPPK Scheme

Minister for Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Rini Widyantini has stated there are no plans to abolish the status of part-time Government Employees with Employment Agreements (PPPK). The statement was made to clarify circulating reports claiming the part-time PPPK scheme would be scrapped starting this year.

“There is no abolition of part-time PPPK. They have only just been appointed — it would be a shame to remove them,” said Rini when met at the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform offices in Jakarta on Tuesday, 24 February 2026.

The part-time PPPK scheme is a form of civil service appointment based on a contractual working arrangement that is not full-time. Under this arrangement, employees appointed through the scheme receive compensation in the form of wages, the amount of which is adjusted according to the budget availability of each government institution.

Rini explained that part-time PPPK positions are indeed temporary employment contracts. The scheme was created to prevent the termination of government institution employees who did not pass the 2024 PPPK selection process due to limited quotas.

Nevertheless, Rini confirmed that to date there are no plans to abolish the part-time PPPK scheme. “I have only just heard about this supposed abolition of part-time PPPK. There is no such plan,” she said.

Previously, a number of online media outlets had widely reported that the government had officially scrapped the part-time PPPK scheme through a revision of the Civil Service Law (UU ASN). As published by BeritaSatu.com and okepost.id on 13 February 2026, both reported that starting this year, part-time PPPK workers would need to be appointed as full-time PPPK employees through a fresh selection process.

Both outlets even cited statements attributed to the Minister for Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform suggesting the move was aimed at creating uniform public service standards across all regions.