Viral video of Gus Dur’s motives to dissolve the Ministry of Social Affairs and his history

KOMPAS.com – The Minister of Social Affairs (Mensos), Juliari P Batubara, was officially identified as a suspect by the Commission for the Eradication of Corruption (KPK) in the alleged case of bribery to administer social assistance funds to handle Covid-19.

Juliari was named a suspect by the KPK as a follow-up to the OTT on Friday (5/12/2020) morning. It was then delivered to the KPK building on Sunday (6/12/2020) at 02:45 WIB.

Juliari is not the social prime minister who deals with law enforcement in corruption cases.

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Quoted from Kompas.comOn the Sunday (6/12/2020) before Juliari Batubara, there were at least two ministers of Social Affairs at different times who were caught in corruption cases.

These are Bachtiar Chamsyah, Minister of Social for the period 2001-2009, and Idrus Marham, who served as Minister of Social from January 17, 2018 to August 24, 2018.

Long before that, the fourth president of the Republic of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid or familiarly named Gus Dur, once removed the Ministry of Social Affairs because it was seen as the source of corruption.

The video of Gus Dur’s interview with Andi F. Noya during the Kick Andy event on the reasons for the dissolution of the Ministry of Social Affairs went viral.

Gus Dur said that the social department, which is supposed to protect people, is actually corrupt.

“If you kill rats, don’t you have to burn down the barn?” Andy Noya asked.

“Oh yeah, but because the rats have taken over the barn,” said Gus Dur.

The video, which was uploaded by @GUSDURians, on Sunday (6/12/2020), has already been liked by 7,000 people on Twitter and has been tweeted 2,900 times.

On the Kick Andy’s talk show, Gus Dur mentioned why he dissolved the Ministry of Social Affairs (now known as the Ministry of Social Affairs) – an institution that was supposed to serve the community but was actually very corrupt. “For this day!” pic.twitter.com/9acegsNgPm

– #SalingJaga GUSDURian Network (@GUSDURians) December 6, 2020

What is the history of the Ministry of Social Affairs?

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Quoted from Kompaspedia, (11/11/2020), on August 19, 1945 the Ministry of Social Affairs was established. However, in its beginnings this institution was still the Ministry of Social Affairs (Depsos), and the prime minister of this institution was Iwa Kusuma Sumantri.

During the early days of the Indonesian government, the Ministry of Social Affairs had no more than 30 employees and almost all the employees had no experience in the labor and social fields.

The Ministry of Social Affairs was originally located at Jalan Cemara 5 Jakarta, which was previously occupied as a Labor Office.

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DAILY COMPASS / PATRIA GUPTA MATERIAL Residents queue up to disburse cash welfare at the post office, in Surabaya, East Java, on Thursday (5/14/2020). Long queues due to limited waiting rooms were finally resolved after queue numbers were enforced.

On January 10, 1946, the Ministry of Social Affairs moved to Yogyakarta due to ongoing conflict and NICA interference and the situation in Jakarta was no longer secure as the center of the Indonesian government.

After moving to Yogyakarta, the Ministry of Social Affairs drew up some regulations in the form of information, such as Information No. 3 on the formation of the Social Assistance Committee for compensation efforts for poor and homeless children in the district. / city.

Until the era of the New Order until before the reform, the role of the Ministry of Social Affairs did not change significantly, that is, to help the government make efforts to alleviate poverty and increase social assistance.

SDSB and Porkas

During the era of the New Order, the Generous Social Contribution with Prize (SDSB) appeared and caused controversy.

First, it is not clear what allocation of funds has been raised. Second, SDSB was considered a game of chance that was legalized by the New Order government.

Along with the distribution of the SDSB prize draw, the government issued another type of legal game, called Porkas, or an acronym for Sports and Agility Week.

The draw was in the field of sport, and football became a wetland for this game practice. Porkas also raises issues within the community.

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Gus Dur dissolved

COMPASS / RIZA FATHONI [ARSIP FOTO] KH Abdurrahman Wahid or better known as Gus Dur, photographed in January 2000.

The change of leadership from the New Order to the Age of Reform had an impact on the cabinet and had an impact on high institutions and state departments.

When Gus Dur served as president, the MOSA nomenclature was removed from the ranks of ministerial agencies in Indonesia. Apart from the Ministry of Social Affairs, at that time Gus Dur also eliminated the existence of the Ministry of Information (Deppen).

Quoted from Daily kompasOn November 19, 1999, Gus Dur argued that as long as Deppen and Depsos existed, society and government could not be online. The government comes to power and the people are not independent because they are continuously served.

“The public must take on these tasks, then the government will evaluate the work of the community. I myself believe in community mechanisms, I trust the national press,” said Gus Dur at the DPR Plenary Session in Jakarta on November 18. from 1999.

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In addition to considering that the functions of the two departments could be performed by the community itself, according to Gus Dur, the main reason for the dismissal of Deppen and Depsos was efficiency.

“Does the state function entirely in the field of information or social affairs? If part of it is in the field of information or social affairs, we can understand why there is no need for the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Affairs Social, “he said when comparing with the Ministry of Finance that it is absolutely necessary.

Quoted from Daily kompasOn December 10, 1999, after the dissolution of the Ministry of Social Affairs, a new institution was formed to replace its function, which was called the National Social Welfare Agency (BKSN).

Megawati ignition

YouTube / Presidential Secretariat The fifth president of the Republic of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri

Then, in the era of the Government of the Cabinet of Mutual Cooperation led by President Megawati Soekarnoputri, the Ministry of Social Affairs returned to function to carry out development tasks in the field of social welfare.

Megawati later appointed Bachtiar Chamsyah Minister of Social Affairs. Bachtiar became Minister of Social Affairs with the longest post from August 10, 2001 to October 20, 2009.

Propose the title of hero

In addition to taking care of social welfare, another task of the Ministry of Social Affairs is to propose the title of hero to the president.

The process of initiating the region hero proposal title by the community at the district or city level through the Investigation Team, Regional Title Assessment (TP2GD) and obtaining a recommendation from the governor.

After obtaining the Governor’s recommendation, he presented himself to the central level through the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs by holding a seminar attended by historians, professionals and academics from the Potential Heroes’ regions of.

After the seminar, TP2GD held an administrative research and study meeting to learn about the hero candidates’ struggle and comply with the governor’s recommendation, which was then proposed to the President through the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs.

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During the Covid-19 pandemic

KOMPAS.COM/MEI LEANDHA ROSYANTI Urabeka Simare-mare is one of the KPM BST that she received directly from the Minister of Social Affairs Juliari P Batubara at the Medan Post Office, on Friday (11/13/2020)

During the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Social Affairs was also in charge of social welfare issues for Indonesians affected by the pandemic. Efforts that have been made include social assistance for basic food packages throughout Indonesia.

Quoted from the report of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Indonesia, the spending budget of the Ministry of Social Affairs has increased by 121.3 percent.

It was stated that the growth of spending by the ministries / institutions was high among them in the Ministry of Social Affairs and amounted to Rp. 116.2 trillion (increased by 121.3 percent).

Among other things, the budget is used to distribute social stimuli. Below is the growth in spending by line ministries during the Covid-19 pandemic:

1. Ministry of Social Affairs 116.2 trillion rupees (increased 121.3 percent)
2. The Ministry of Health, which amounts to IDR 69.6 trillion (a growth of 48.8 percent) that is used to manage Covid,
3. Ministry of Education and Culture for an amount of IDR 48.5 billion (a growth of 84.1 percent),
4. The Ministry of Manpower is used 17.3 trillion rupees (an increase of 363 percent) for the distribution of wage subsidies for workers,
5. The Ministry of Cooperatives and SMEs, which amounted to IDR 22.4 billion (an increase of 3.171 percent) was used for the distribution of micro-assistance.

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