Motivator Jamil Azzaini: Civil Registry Officials Must Demonstrate Integrity

Jamil Azzaini was given the opportunity to address officials from the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registration (Dukcapil) of the Interior Ministry at Hotel Bidakara on Thursday, 12 March 2026. The event followed the release of the Clean Population Data for the Second Semester of 2025 by Director General Teguh Setyabudi.

Azzaini, who is also an entrepreneur, stated that Dukcapil employees must work with complete integrity. This emphasis is not without reason, as the role played by this directorate is vital in supporting state policy.

“This is a strategic national task, you are carrying out a sacred mandate. Therefore, the people at Dukcapil should be people of integrity,” he said.

Through the data it compiles, Dukcapil has become an institution that safeguards national identity sovereignty. From this foundation, the rights of citizens can be fulfilled, ranging from education, health, and democracy.

Jamil detailed what integrity must mean for Dukcapil employees: not committing wrong deeds even when no one is watching, continuing to do what is right even if it goes unheard, and not engaging in fraud despite the absence of oversight. Additionally, integrity means maintaining honesty with the awareness that someone is always watching.

With integrity, Dukcapil can fulfil its substantial responsibilities, including ensuring accurate population data and protecting the rights of citizens. Without Dukcapil’s work, Jamil assessed that the state would struggle to meet various public rights.

“I can imagine that the work of Dukcapil staff must be extraordinary. Overtime work too, it seems. Because the work is truly extraordinary,” Jamil said.

Meanwhile, Director General Teguh Setyabudi said he would continue working diligently to obtain accurate population data. This data, he said, would later serve as the foundation for inclusive public policy, ensuring that all groups of society are represented.

“This portrait of Indonesian national diversity is not merely a statistic, but also formal recognition of the existence and contribution of every community in national development,” he said.

According to Teguh, population data is like the backbone of the human body. Without a backbone, the body cannot stand upright. Similarly, in public services, with electronic ID card (KTP-el) recording having reached 97 per cent, population data becomes the primary support so that various cross-sectoral services can run robustly and in harmony.

“This Clean Population Data represents a factual portrait of Indonesia’s demographic condition obtained from population administration services across Indonesia,” he said.