Prabowo Receives Drafting Team for One Data Bill, Emphasises Data Sovereignty

Jakarta (ANTARA) — President Prabowo Subianto received the Joint Team for Drafting the One Data Indonesia Bill to discuss strengthening integrated, secure and accountable national data governance in order to safeguard Indonesia’s sovereignty.

The meeting was held at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Thursday and involved members of the House of Representatives (DPR), academics, and relevant ministries and agencies, Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya said in a post on the official @sekretariat.kabinet Instagram account, cited in Jakarta on Thursday.

During the meeting, the President stressed that data sovereignty is an important foundation for preserving national unity amid the accelerating digitalisation of society.

According to the Cabinet Secretariat, data integration is expected to support more accurate public services, strengthen the security of information exchange and bolster cyber resilience.

The drafting of the One Data Indonesia Bill is part of efforts to strengthen national data governance and ensure that data is used to improve the quality of public services.

The House leadership was represented at the meeting by two deputy speakers, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad and Cucun Ahmad Syamsurijal.

Also attending were House Legislative Body (Baleg) chair Bob Hasan, House Commission XIII member Rieke Diah Pitaloka, and head of the House’s Expertise Agency, Professor Dr Bayu Dwi Anggono.

The government was represented by Teni Widuriyanti, Secretary of the Ministry of National Development Planning (PPN)/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas), while academia was represented by Professor Dr Sofyan Sjaf, dean of IPB University’s Faculty of Social and Human Ecology (FISEMA).