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Indonesia Issues New Regulation for Part-Time Civil Servant Candidates

From Tempo · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Indonesia's Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) has issued a new regulation for part-time civil servant candidates (PPPK).
  • The regulation provides legal grounds for the appointment of these individuals, who previously passed selection but couldn't be appointed due to limited positions.
  • This policy is considered a one-time transitional solution to address the status of non-ASN employees before the government opens new PPPK recruitments.

The Indonesian Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (PANRB) has introduced a new ministerial regulation, PANRB Regulation Number 9 of 2026, concerning part-time civil servant candidates (PPPK Paruh Waktu). This regulation, signed on June 19, 2026, and effective from June 26, 2026, aims to provide a legal framework for individuals who underwent the 2024 civil servant selection process but could not be appointed as full PPPK due to insufficient positions or budget constraints.

In principle, the part-time PPPK policy is implemented once as a solution during the transition period for restructuring non-ASN employees.

— Aba SubagjaExplaining the purpose of the new regulation.

Aba Subagja, Deputy for Human Resources for Apparatus at the Ministry of PANRB, explained that this policy serves as a one-time transitional solution. It addresses the status of non-state civil apparatus (non-ASN) employees during a period when the government has not opened new PPPK recruitments in the past year.

The new regulation allows these part-time PPPK candidates to be appointed as full PPPK without undergoing a new selection process. Instead, their status will be transferred through a mechanism outlined in Articles 24 and 25 of the regulation. This transfer is proposed by the Personnel Development Officer (PPK), considering budget availability and the employee's performance evaluation, to fill existing vacancies within their current agency.

The appointment as a full PPPK is not done through a new selection, but through a status transfer mechanism as regulated in Articles 24 and 25 of PANRB Ministerial Regulation Number 9 of 2026.

— Aba SubagjaDescribing the process for part-time PPPK candidates to become full PPPK.

Subagja emphasized that the appointment is not automatic but depends on the agency's needs, available budget, and the individual's performance. Additionally, the regulation permits part-time PPPK candidates to participate in regular ASN recruitment processes, including for civil servant (PNS) or full PPPK positions, with the approval of their PPK.

The appointment is made according to the needs of the agency, the availability of the budget, and the performance of the concerned employee.

— Aba SubagjaClarifying the conditions for the status transfer.
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Originally published by Tempo in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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