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Anies promises to reinstate civil servants demoted for being neutral
President candidate Anies Baswedan promised to reinstate civil servants demoted for choosing to be neutral during the election if he was elected.
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Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan (left), accompanied by his running mate Muhaimin Iskandar, delivers a speech about their campaign platform on anticorruption during the Strengthening Anticorruption for State Apparatus (Paku Integritas) event held by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2024. (Reuters/Willy Kurniawan)
Presidential candidate Anies Baswedan promised that he would reinstate civil servants who were demoted and fired for choosing to remain neutral if he became president.
“We will restore all those who were considered to be not following orders,” Anies said on Tuesday in Makassar, South Sulawesi, as quoted by tempo.co.
The candidate added that Indonesia did not need to splurge to maintain neutrality in government agencies.
Anies said that working with civil servants, the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police would demand additional efforts from the country leaders.
“If [you] stay neutral, there’s nothing more that needs to be done, and I believe civil servants, the TNI and the National Police will remain neutral,” he said.
He said he believed that not everyone was so easily influenced by others in making decisions, saying that government employees could implement the neutrality mandate for the coming election well.
“I believe the President’s instruction and direction will be implemented, and we, as Indonesian citizens, will witness [the election] on Feb. 14,” said Anies.
