A total of five officials or Acting governor Minister of Home Affairs’ choice Tito Karnavian and President Jokowi will be sworn in to replace the definitive governor who has ended his term of office leading the government in five provinces.
The five acting governors will be inaugurated by Tito Karnavian at the Ministry of Home Affairs Office, Jakarta, Thursday (12/5) this morning.
The acting governor was appointed because the definitive governors in the five regions will end their terms in mid-May 2022. The appointment of acting governors in these five regions is done so that there is no power vacuum.
There are five provinces that will be led by five acting governors chosen by Tito, namely the provinces of the Bangka Belitung Islands, Banten, West Sulawesi, Gorontalo, and West Papua.
The following is a list of the names of the 5 acting governors chosen by Jokowi and Tito Karnavian:
- The Deputy for Management of Border Area Potential at the National Border Management Agency (BNPP) Paulus Waterpauw will become the acting governor of West Papua.
- Regional Secretary (Sekda) Banten Al Muktabar as Acting Governor of Banten.
- Director General of Regional Autonomy, Ministry of Home Affairs, Akmal Malik, as Acting Governor of West Sulawesi.
- Director General of Mineral and Coal of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Ridwan Jamaludin as Acting Governor of Bangka Belitung.
- Expert Staff for Sportivity Culture to the Minister of Youth and Sports (Menpora) Hamka Hendra Noer as Acting Governor of Gorontalo.
Special Staff to the Minister of Home Affairs Kastorius Sinaga has confirmed the list of Acting governors who will be sworn in today. Kastorius said the inauguration would be held at around 08.00 WIB at the Jakarta Ministry of Home Affairs Office.
“In the Sasana Bhakti Praja Room at the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Minister of Home Affairs, Tito Karnavian, will inaugurate 5 PJ Governors,” Kasto said.
President Jokowi had previously asked his staff to prepare replacements for governors, regents and mayors whose terms of office expire in 2022.
Jokowi said this year there will be 101 replacements for regional heads that must be prepared, with details of 7 governors, 76 regents, and 18 mayors.
Tito himself stated that it was President Jokowi who appointed the acting governor in 2022 and 2023.
Tito explained that the mechanism for the appointment of acting regional heads at the provincial level was under the authority of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Then the Ministry of Home Affairs will propose these candidates to be later chosen by Jokowi as president.
Meanwhile, at the district/city level, Tito continued, the governor could submit a candidate for acting regional head to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
“At the provincial level, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposes to the President. The President decides. Then the regents, mayors are proposed by the governor, submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs. I also report to the palace to the President,” Tito said during a hearing meeting with Commission II DPR at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday (15/3).
Tito mentioned the possibility that Jokowi would form a Final Assessment Team (TPA) to assess the bureaucrats who would later be appointed.
“For the governor, according to the law, we leave it to the President. Maybe the president will also conduct a TPA, involving other officials as the final assessment team that has been making decisions. Because of the long term of office,” Tito continued regarding the list of acting governors.
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