The government has postponed the appointment schedule for Civil Servant Candidates (CPNS) and Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK).
A total of 248,970 CPNS and 1,017,111 PPPK, initially scheduled for appointment on Mar. 1, have been delayed until Oct. 1 for CPNS and March 2026 for PPPK.
This decision has left many parties, particularly the prospective CPNS and PPPK, who had resigned from their previous jobs, feeling disadvantaged.
They are now forced to wait for more than six months without certainty about their livelihoods during the long months ahead.
These CPNS and PPPK candidates have made several protests and social media posts.
On Monday (Mar. 10), thousands of affected individuals attended demonstrations in the House of Representatives (DPR RI), the Ministry of State Apparatus Utilization and Bureaucratic Reform (PAN-RB), and the State Palace.
They demanded that the PAN-RB Minister revoke the circular letter on the adjustment of the 2024 CPNS/PPPK appointment schedule.
Responding to the postponement of CPNS and PPPK appointments, UGM professor of public policy and management, Professor Wahyudi Kumorotomo, viewed the delay announced by the Minister of PAN-RB as more complex than many people think, with suspected political and administrative elements.
“The delay, as stated by the Ministry of PAN-RB and the National Civil Service Agency (BKN) after a meeting with Commission II of the DPR, was to streamline the recording system for the starting date for ASN and PPPK. However, behind that, it seems the ministry wants to overhaul the PPPK selection system, which has long been tainted by nepotism and used as a tool for political promises,” he said at the UGM campus on Tuesday (Mar. 11).
One requirement for CPNS and PPPK candidates to be appointed by the government is to submit a resignation letter if they are already employed, for instance, as teachers in private schools.
This has impacted those who have already resigned, as they no longer receive salaries, and their appointments at CPNS and PPPK have now been delayed.
Professor Kumorotomo also noted that the uncertainty surrounding the status of CPNS and PPPK will negatively impact the quality of public services in education, health, social services, and other areas these prospective employees have been assisting with.
“Their work spirit will surely decline, and the welfare of PPPK candidates’ families who have already resigned from foundation or private sector jobs will be neglected,” he said.
Therefore, Professor Kumorotomo hopes that the Ministry of PAN-RB, BKN, and Commission II of the DPR establish better communication with the public so that this uncertainty does not continue indefinitely.
CPNS selection and appointments must be more certain, and the PPPK selection, which is still rife with nepotism, must also be improved.
“It’s unfortunate if the PPPK employees who genuinely work sincerely to gain full civil servant status end up as victims of political promises,” he concluded.
Author: Leony
Editor: Gusti Grehenson
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