Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Workers Social Security Agency (BPJAMSOSTEK) is committed to collaborating to expedite the development of Public Service Malls (MPPs) across Indonesia in accordance with Vice President Ma'ruf Amin's plan.

"BPJAMSOSTEK also provides public service. Our concentration aligns with the government's expectation, which is presenting easier, faster, and more complete service," President Director of BPJAMSOSTEK Anggoro Eko Cahyo noted in a release on Thursday.

Earlier, 17 institutions, including BPJAMSOSTEK, signed a memorandum of understanding on Acceleration of MPP Implementation on Tuesday.

The event's attendees comprised Amin along with Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD as ad interim Administrative and Bureaucratic Reforms (PANRB) minister.

The existence of MPP across districts and cities will facilitate workers in receiving information on manpower social insurance, registering as members, and filing out a claim, he remarked.

Earlier, Amin noted that the government is fully responsible in providing quality public services to the people throughout their lifetime.

"Birth certificate, basic health service, education, tax, and even death certificate should be accessible to the public in a practical and simple manner," he affirmed.

The government aims to fully complete the construction of MPP across Indonesia by 2024.

"In addition to the qualitative target, the quality of MPP should not also be neglected. The effectiveness and readiness of MPPs that are already operational should continue to be evaluated in order to function as digital MPP," he remarked.

Mahfud MD noted that public service, through MPP, had improved ever since the policy was adopted in Indonesia in 2017.

At the onset, four MPPs served as pilot projects in Jakarta, Batam (Riau Islands), Surabaya, and Banyuwangi (East Java). Currently, 59 MPPs were operational until June 2022.

"Some 11 provinces still do not have MPP, and 449 districts or cities also do not yet have MPP," he stated.

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