Politics · Indonesia · 7 hrs ago
Indonesia Keeps Civil Service Salaries on Bank Transfers for Now
Indonesia’s civil service salaries will keep being paid by bank transfer under the current system, Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara said.
The proposal under discussion would let Red and White Village Cooperatives help pay civil servants and pensioners.
Cooperatives Minister Ferry Juliantono said his ministry had put the idea to the Finance Ministry, but the payment details have not been worked out.
Public Administration Minister Rini Widyantini said there is currently no plan to switch the system and that she will seek more information from Suahasil.
The proposal has not been approved, and Ferry said cooperatives would not be the only payment channel.
He and Suahasil are expected to hold a meeting to discuss the offer, while salaries continue to be transferred as they are now.
Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara said civil servants’ salaries will continue to be paid by bank transfer under the current system.
Administrative Reform Minister Rini Widyantini said there was no plan to shift salary payments to village cooperatives.
Cooperatives Minister Ferry Juliantono said cooperatives had offered to take part in paying salaries and pensions, and that the proposal would be discussed with Suahasil.
Ferry said the cooperative proposal was still a discussion and that cooperatives would not be the only payment channel.
- Who
- Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara and Administrative Reform Minister Rini Widyantini said the current salary payment system would continue. Cooperatives Minister Ferry Juliantono said cooperatives had offered to participate.
- What
- Civil servants’ salaries will continue to be paid by bank transfer. A proposal for cooperatives to participate has not been decided.
- When
- Suahasil made his statement on October 20, 2026; Rini and Ferry spoke about the proposal on October 21, 2026.
- Where
- The ministers’ statements were made at the Presidential Palace complex in Jakarta and at Taman Kota Peruri in Jakarta.
- Why
- Ferry said cooperatives were offering to become a payment channel. Rini said the priority was making salary payments convenient, transparent and easy for civil servants.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Ferry raised the possibility of cooperatives becoming a service channel for paying civil servants’ salaries and pensions at a public discussion in Jakarta.
Cooperatives Ministry Secretary Ahmad Zabadi said there had been no official government decision on expanding salary and pension payment channels through cooperatives.
Suahasil said civil servants’ salaries would continue to be transferred under the current system.
Rini said there was no plan to shift salary payments, while Ferry said the proposal would be discussed with Suahasil.
- Current payment method
- Bank transfer under the existing system
- Finance minister
- Suahasil Nazara
- Administrative Reform minister
- Rini Widyantini
- Cooperatives minister
- Ferry Juliantono
- Proposal status
- No official decision on adding cooperatives as a payment channel
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What people are saying
It will remain as it is now; I will continue transferring as I do now.
We do not have a plan to shift it; what matters most is that civil servants receive salary services that are convenient, transparent and easy.
Cooperatives are offering to take part in salary payments. I have just spoken with the finance minister. A joint meeting will be held later.