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The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) is seeking the acceleration of Public Service Mall (MPP) development in 514 districts and cities across Indonesia, in accordance with Vice President Ma'ruf Amin's direction.

"Bureaucratic reform has not been optimal because all parties have not moved simultaneously. We need to have a common perception because the target is clear," KSP head Moeldoko remarked while leading a discussion with the National Bureaucratic Reform Steering Committee (KPRBN) at the Bina Graha Building here on Tuesday.

KSP is ready to fill the leading sector position in bureaucratic reform and strengthen programs led by Vice President Amin, he said.

Moeldoko promised the KSP will help expedite the development of MPPs, especially in areas outside Java to improve services provided to the community.

"KSP will invite ministries and agencies as well as district and city governments to coordinate the MPP development and implementation process. It is hoped that MPPs can be immediately addressed and increased in number," he said.

In accordance with Amin’s direction as chairman of the KPRBN, MPPs are projected to be developed in 514 districts and cities in Indonesia by 2024. However, so far, only 57 MPPs, or around 11 percent of the target, have been set up.

“I imagine that public services in Indonesia are often limited by space. We need to pay attention to how difficult it is for people in remote districts and cities outside Java to access public services,” the KSP head said.

Meanwhile, professor at the Faculty of Administrative Sciences of the University of Indonesia (UI), Eko Prasojo, said the commitment of regional heads regarding the development of MPPs is not yet concurrent.

In fact, the development of MPPs is one of the efforts toward bureaucratic reform, which is expected to streamline state and regional budgets by 22 percent.

Prasojo, who also serves as executive secretary of the KPRBN, suggested that the central government immediately form a task force to compile a road map for accelerating MPP development with a digital system that is connected to the OSS (Online Submission System).  (antaranews)