"There is something special this year. Unlike the previous years, pensioners will also receive Eid al-Fitr allowances this year," the president revealed at the State Palace here on Wednesday.
Jokowi, accompanied by Vice President Jusuf Kalla, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani, and Administrative Reform Minister Asman Abnur, said he had signed the regulation on Wednesday, thereby enabling the government to distribute Eid al-Fitr allowances and 13th salaries to civil servants, military and police personnel, as well as pensioners.
He expressed hope that the Eid al-Fitr allowances and the 13th salaries would not only boost the welfare of civil servants and pensioners when they celebrate Eid al-Fitr festivities but will also encourage civil servants to offer better services to the public.
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati stated that the Eid al-Fitr allowances will be paid to civil servants, military and police personnel, as well as pensioners, from late May to early June 2018.
Indrawati confirmed that she will issue a ministerial regulation on the payment of allowances and 13th salaries.
The minister remarked that working units across Indonesia, numbering over 25 thousand, can apply for the payment of allowances as of late May.
"As such, all civil servants, military and police personnel, as well as pensioners will receive allowances before the Eid al-Fitr festivities," she added.
Reported by Agus Salim
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