Suara.com – Candidate pair for president and vice president number 3, Ganjar Pranowo and Mahfud MD, confirmed that they would continue the social assistance (bansos) program that was implemented during the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration.
However, Ganjar will make some improvements regarding the distribution of social assistance, by creating a One Indonesian Data system, through the One Indonesian Integrated Card or KTP Sakti program.
Constitutional Law Expert Dr. Benedict Hestu Cipto Handoyo said that the Sakti KTP is an effort to create a single number identity.
From the perspective of a digital government system, it has actually been formulated in the Digital Government System Bill.
By using a single identity, all government administration will become one big data using a sophisticated super app.
“In this context, the Law on Data Protection also exists. “So the Sakti KTP program is actually an implementation that precedes the Digital Government System Bill,” said Hestu when confirmed, Tuesday (19/12/2023).
“However, the legal basis still exists, namely the Presidential Decree on Electronic-Based Government Systems (SPBE),” he added.
Hestu himself admitted that he was part of the drafting team for the Digital-Based Government System Bill, saying that in the world of e-government, digital-based government models have reached the Governant 5.0 level. Meanwhile, currently Indonesia is only at the Governant 2.0 level.
“So the idea of KTP Sakti has a future reach, being a solution to pursue Indonesia towards Governance 5.0. “This Sakti KTP can also be used to distribute aid funds including BPJS identity and others,” he said.
In order for this idea to be realized, said Hestu, cross-sector and cross-field synergy is needed. In fact, this idea actually provides space for coordination between ministries and institutions (K/L) in implementing various welfare improvement programs as a consequence of the state’s welfare state.
“With one data via a single number identity, all aid will be right on target and continuity of aid will be recorded electronically, which ultimately ensures transparency and accountability,” he explained.
He said, with the Sakti KTP which is supported by the super app facility, the entire flow of social assistance funds can be monitored by digitally literate people.
“This is where the role of the intelligent golden generation in the field of information technology becomes the backbone. Social assistance no longer flows through 5-year seasonal activities for electoral purposes. “But there is continuous continuity,” he said.
On the other hand, continued Hestu, social assistance outside the program based on super apps will be easily monitored as a form of money politics, because it is not included in the social assistance information system.
As is known, Ganjar-Mahfud confirmed that they would continue the social assistance program. This program, which was approved by the DPR and has been budgeted at the Ministry of Finance, will be distributed more precisely in the future with the Sakti KTP.
With a Sakti KTP, the distribution of any aid will be easily monitored. Thus, spatial assistance, direct cash assistance (BLT), Smart Indonesia Card (KIP), Healthy Indonesia Card (KIS), Family Hope Program (PKH) and other assistance are distributed on target and are not misused.
Because, in fact, currently there are still many misuses of social assistance for political purposes, starting from presidential elections, regional elections, legislative elections, to village elections. In fact, the social assistance program uses state money sourced from people’s money,
The social assistance program which is the right of the poor should not be misused as ‘trade’ goods for electoral interests.
KTP Sakti and Satu Data Indonesia are proof of Ganjar-Mahfud’s support for the poor. This program is a solution to public anxiety which has been played with by officials and officers in the field in terms of distributing social assistance.