New official at home ministry
New official at home ministry
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M.
yesterday installed Oman Sachroni as the new Director General for
Public Affairs and Regional Autonomy, replacing Sumitro Maskun,
Antara reported.
The job oversees the implementation of an on-going pilot
project to increase regional autonomy.
Oman was previously director for public affairs at the
directorate general. He has also served as a guidance director
for provincial governments.
His previous regional stints were all in West Java. He was
chief of the Subang regency between 1988 and 1993, chief of the Lebak regency between 1983 and 1988 as well as being the
secretary of the Bekasi administration.
Sumitro, who is preparing for his retirement, will be retained
by the ministry as a senior researcher on development issues.
In April 1995, Sumitro oversaw the launch of regional autonomy
pilot projects in 26 regencies.
Under the projects, many central government agencies were
required to hand over much of their work to the regional
administrations. The move meant giving the regions greater
control of their own affairs.
Yogie, in his speech after the ceremony of appointment, asked
Oman to keep a close eye on these projects, and to identify
problems in the field and find their solutions.
He said the government planned to extend the projects to cover
63 second-level administrations in April. A tight evaluation of
the current projects was therefore necessary, he said.
Yogie said Oman's new tasks included improving public
services, helping local administrations' generate their own
revenues and undertaking population surveys. (emb)