Part-Time PPPK Workers Appeal to DPR, Paid Only IDR 200,000 from Regional Budgets

Part-time government employees with work agreements (PPPK) have voiced their concerns to Commission XI of the House of Representatives (DPR), proposing that their salaries be funded through the state budget (APBN). This proposal arises because salary payments have been hampered by the Law on Financial Relations between the Central Government and Regional Governments (UU HKPD), which limits regional personnel expenditure to a maximum of 30% of the regional budget (APBD). Rini Antika, Secretary-General of the Indonesian Part-Time PPPK Alliance, explained that due to this spending cap, many regional governments have been paying full-time PPPK workers from the goods and services budget, with nominal amounts ranging from IDR 0 to IDR 200,000. “The concrete impact, in order to save us non-ASN workers who have taken the PPPK selection test, is that the nominal wages are varied and extremely inadequate, ranging from IDR 0 to IDR 200,000, with some receiving IDR 350,000,” Rini stated during a Public Hearing Meeting (RDPU) with Commission XI of the DPR on Tuesday. She further noted that some workers across the health, education, and technical sectors receive zero salary, describing the status as a mere label. Rini requested parliamentary support to change the salary scheme for part-time PPPK workers from the APBD to the APBN by amending the UU HKPD, ensuring a national minimum wage standard and a clear path to becoming full-time PPPK employees. “Our hope, through Commission XI and the Ministry of Finance, is for a certified national minimum standard via a Minister of Finance Regulation (PMK),” she said. “Our demand is the centralisation of payroll via the APBN. Because the UU HKPD limits regional governments to 30%, the payment of part-time PPPK salaries should be taken over by the APBN when the UU HKPD is revised.” Responding to these concerns, Commission XI Chairman Mukhamad Misbakhun confirmed that the commission’s leadership had met with Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa and his senior officials, including the Director General of Budget, to seek a middle ground. “However, I cannot yet disclose the results of the discussion, as it will become the President’s policy during the financial note discussion. A solution will certainly be sought. Your aspirations have received our very serious attention,” Misbakhun said. He also assured that the DPR would pursue an amendment or revision of the UU HKPD in the future to accommodate the PPPK salary issue. “Please manage this well; do not let it cause a commotion, which I think is already enough. The aspirations have been conveyed to many parties. The HKPD Law is currently in the process of being amended,” Misbakhun explained.