On WFH Oversight, Sultan HB X Highlights Civil Servants' Awareness
The Governor of Yogyakarta Special Region, Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, has emphasised that the work-from-home (WFH) policy for civil servants (ASN) requires awareness as public servants. He stressed that the quality of services to the public must remain the priority even when working from home.
According to the Sultan, the implementation of WFH is not solely determined by technical rules, but by the awareness and responsibility of each ASN. With such awareness, public services can still operate optimally without the need for strict supervision.
“What is important is that if there is awareness, there is no need for regulation; it can work. But if there is no awareness, then whatever the rule is, it will take space,” said the Sultan when met at the Sleman Regency Government Office on Monday (6/4/2026).
The Sultan acknowledged that supervising ASN is a challenge in implementing WFH due to the large number of employees. However, he hopes that individual awareness can be the key to ensuring the policy is not abused.
“Yes, monitoring is the most difficult part because there are too many people; how can we supervise them all? But we hope that awareness remains intact,” he stated.
Furthermore, the Sultan mentioned that the Yogyakarta Special Region Government is still finalising the technical scheme for WFH implementation. It is planned to be applied every Friday, although it is currently in the formulation stage.
“We have just finished it. Later, how the administrative system (technically) will be, we are just formulating it, but (WFH every) Friday,” he said.
Previously, the Regional Secretary (Sekda) of Yogyakarta Special Region, Ni Made Dwipanti Indrayanti, stated that they would soon regulate the implementation of the directive. She said that public services must still run well. For that reason, regulating the quantity will be the focus of the WFH arrangement.
“If everyone from echelon one, echelon two goes to the office, then what? It would be confusing too. So, it needs to be divided by percentage, perhaps in turns,” said Made when met at the Kepatihan Complex on Wednesday (1/4).
Made gave an example that ASN at the Population and Civil Registration Service must still have some coming to the office to provide services. Even though there is the Electronic-Based Government System (SPBE), she believes not all people can use SPBE.
“We will see later, so we cannot just set 25-50 percent like that. Yes. Perhaps for some Regional Apparatus Work Units (OPD), the majority cannot be delegated with IT, applications, systems. Yes, it might be a bit difficult if we say 50 percent. So, we are still identifying,” she explained.