Civil servants who wanted to voluntarily take the early retirement would receive compensation in the forms of a severance fee the amounts of which would be set later.Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Ministry of Finance is now offering an early retirement program for civil servants with a compensation in an effort to reduce the bloated size of the civil workers` corps.
"I myself in the directorate general of state treasury want to propose an early retirement program on a voluntary basis for civil servants aged between 50 and 55 years because this is possible under the existing law," Director General of Treasury of the Finance Ministry Agus Suprijanto said.
He said that civil servants who wanted to voluntarily take the early retirement would receive compensation in the forms of a severance fee the amounts of which would be set later.
The director general said that the proposal on the early retirement and compensation scheme would be reported to the minister for state apparatuses and bureaucratic reforms as well as to the National Employee Body (BKN).
Finance Minister Agus Martowardojo said earlier that the number of civil servants at present was high and it would burden the government`s budget in providing salaries, insurance and pension funds for them.
Throughout Indonesia, the number of civil servants is recorded at 4.7 million people.(*)
Editor: Heru Purwanto
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