Trial of New Work Culture, Gus Ipul Goes to Office Using Electric Car
The government has begun implementing the Transformation of Work Culture and Energy Saving Movement since 1 April. This step is taken to encourage changes in work patterns and public activities to be more efficient, remain productive, and wise in energy use, while strengthening the foundation of sustainable national economic resilience.
In following up on this policy, Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf (Gus Ipul) and his entire staff have started trialling the implementation of the new work culture within the Ministry of Social Affairs. One of them is by saving on the use of official vehicles and encouraging the use of public transport and electric vehicles.
This afternoon, Gus Ipul also drove a small white Wuling electric car with a red plate when at the Ministry of Social Affairs office. Accompanied by a driver and an aide, he appeared to drive the Wuling out of the office around 4:00 PM WIB.
He used the same vehicle in the morning when Gus Ipul went to the office from the Widya Chandra official residence. The same was done by Deputy Social Minister Agus Jabo Priyono.
“We, along with the Deputy Minister, the Secretary General, and the Ministry of Social Affairs staff, are conducting a simulation to follow up on the government’s policy on transformation, while encouraging a new culture in the government environment,” said Gus Ipul in a written statement on Thursday (2/4/2026).
Furthermore, Gus Ipul emphasised that the new work culture transformation and energy saving movement must go hand in hand with productivity, without reducing the quality of services to the public.
“One of the things we discussed earlier, we decided that next Friday will be full WFH for all Ministry of Social Affairs employees, while still providing services to the public,” he explained.
In addition to implementing one day of work from home (WFH), Gus Ipul also invited all employees to use public transport, bicycles, or electric vehicles as a means to go to the office. He hopes that this step can be done at least once a week.
“We will try to encourage all employees to use public transport to the office, or use bicycles, or also use electric cars. That is what we hope for, once a week in addition to WFH,” he added.
Gus Ipul emphasised that even though WFH is implemented, in principle, services to the public must continue to run as they should.
“For Friday, we will have full WFH, except for the People’s School, Poltekesos, command centre, centres, and halls so that they can still serve the public who indeed need services from the Ministry of Social Affairs,” he concluded.