PANRB: Optimising LPSK Organisation Strengthens Public Protection

The Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) supports the organisational and human resource optimisation of the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) to ensure its public protection duties are carried out optimally. This follows up on Law No. 3 of 2026 concerning Witness and Victim Protection, which changes LPSK’s status from a non-structural institution to a state institution while expanding its functions and authority. This change must be accompanied by adjustments to governance, competencies, and positions so that LPSK can optimally carry out its mandate. “Going forward, we need to optimise and review whether the existing competencies and positions are also in line with LPSK’s latest strategy,” said PANRB Minister Rini Widyantini in a statement in Jakarta on Wednesday. This was discussed during a meeting between the PANRB Minister and LPSK Chairman Achmadi at the PANRB Ministry Office in Jakarta on Tuesday (4/8). Based on Law No. 3 of 2026, LPSK holds an increasingly comprehensive mandate, including providing protection, fulfilling the rights of witnesses and victims, developing protection standards, managing safe houses and the Victim Endowment Fund, and strengthening cross-sector coordination. LPSK Chairman Achmadi stated that the regulation is a momentum to strengthen comprehensive witness and victim protection services. “Witness and victim protection is not just physical protection. It also includes legal protection, medical and psychosocial recovery, as well as recovery from economic losses,” said Achmadi. To support this mandate, human resource optimisation must be directed at the suitability of competencies, positions, business processes, and LPSK’s service strategy. The government will also explore opportunities to strengthen competencies through synergy with existing official schools. “In addition to human resources, we must also ensure that LPSK’s governance is oriented towards increasing organisational capacity and service quality, not just adding structures or positions,” said Rini. The organisational design must also ensure clarity in the division of functions, chain of command, coordination, and accountability. This arrangement must be supported by a study containing the new mandate, a business process map, job and workload analysis, human resource needs, risk profiles, and organisational projections. Through organisational and human resource optimisation, LPSK is expected to be increasingly capable of providing comprehensive protection and recovery services that meet the needs of witnesses and victims.