"I believe that they need not retire (from the institution before being eligible for an appointment), but they must not be assigned to any office in the institution. The institution could use the existing mechanism to transfer the status (of appointed officers)," he noted here on Thursday.
The minister pointed out that the recently inaugurated acting West Papua Governor Paulus Waterpauw, who retired from the police as Commissioner General, had completed his employment status transfer following his earlier appointment as definitive Deputy for the Border Region Potentials Department of the ministry's National Agency for Border Management (BNPP).
"Waterpauw had been retired (from the police), and he will have his status transferred again (from the BNPP apparatus)," the minister explained.
Karnavian affirmed that the inauguration of Waterpauw and four other acting governors had been made after taking into account prevailing laws on regional administration.
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"According to prevailing laws, appointments of acting officers must be made to any (office) vacancies, and (appointees) are required to be at least echelon I high-ranking officers," he noted.
Apart from Waterpauw, the four acting governors inaugurated by the minister today comprise Banten Regional Secretary, Al Muktabar, as the acting governor of Banten, and Home Affairs Ministry's Director General of Regional Autonomy, Akmal Malik, as the acting governor of West Sulawesi.
Moreover, the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources' Director General of Mineral and Coal, Ridwan Jamaludin, is inaugurated as acting governor of Bangka Belitung, and the Ministry of Youth and Sports' expert staff for sportsmanship, Hamka Hendra Noer, is inaugurated as acting governor of Gorontalo.
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Editor: Rahmad Nasution
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