Jakarta Govt Becomes Role Model for Bureaucratic Reform
Reported by Folmer | Translated by Nugroho Adibrata
State Apparatus Empowerment and Reforms Minister Yuddy Chrisnandi visits the City Hall, Monday (11/3). To the reporters, he admitted wanted to meet Acting Jakarta Governor Basuki T Purnama to support efficient and effective bureaucracy in Jakarta Provincial Government, so it becomes a role model for bureaucracy reorganizing.
Bureaucratic reform under Basuki’s leadership will be a model for other bureaucrats
According to Chrisnandi, it is conducted because all this time the citizens have negative assumptions against public services which they assessed less serving, less friendly, complicated, and long. This is the thing that must be omitted in the future, because it highly affects investment climate.
“Such condition makes a less favorable investment climate and causes perception that is not good in the eyes of the public,” he stated.
East Jakarta Government Gets Mobile LibraryHence, Chrisnandi intends to encourage the bureaucracy in Jakarta Provincial Government to be more efficient, effective, productive, and the most important thing is serving the citizens.
“I’ve repeatedly conveyed that it is time for aristocratic bureaucracy to end. In the reign of Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo-Jusuf Kalla, it is the era of bureaucrats serving the people,” he asserted.
Moreover, Crhisnandi continued, Basuki has a prototype leadership which approximately the same as President Jokowi, although they have different style. However, the most important things are the substance, populist, and serving.
“Bureaucratic reform under Basuki’s leadership will be a model for other bureaucrats. Bureaucracy must be able to reach the people, go to the field. Not asking to be served but to serve, and not asking to be respected but to respect,” he uttered.
In the meeting, Crhisnandi disclosed that he and Basuki share ideas on populist leadership models that have quick respond and cut long bureaucratic chains.
“This could be a role model for us to convey to other regional heads, because Mr. Jokowi’s command mental revolution era and bureaucratic reform era. This is the time of bureaucracy that serves,” he stressed.
