Fulfilling CPNS Rights, BKN Completes NIP and Appeals for Salaries to Continue to be Paid

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The National Civil Service Agency, or BKN, has assured that the rights of prospective civil servants (CASN), both civil servants and prospective government employees under work agreements, will still be fulfilled despite the appointment being delayed from the original schedule. Not only completing the determination of employee identification numbers, BKN also urged central and regional agencies to continue budgeting salaries for non-civil servant employees currently undergoing the CASN selection process.

BKN has targeted the issuance of employee identification numbers (NIP) for CASN selected in the 2024 recruitment process to be completed before the scheduled appointment of civil servant candidates (CPNS) and government employee candidates with work agreements (PPPK). The issuance of NIP for civil servant candidates is scheduled no later than June 30, 2025, while for government employee candidates with work agreements, it is set for November 30, 2025.

"This target is important to implement in order to provide certainty for all related parties," said Head of BKN Zudan Arif Fakrulloh in Jakarta, Monday (10/3/2025).

Previously, the government decided to appoint CPNS and prospective PPPK simultaneously. The appointment of CPNS, initially scheduled for February 22 to March 23, 2025, has been postponed to October 1, 2025. Similarly, the appointment of prospective PPPK, originally planned for February 2025 for phase 1 and July 2025 for phase 2, has been rescheduled to March 1, 2026.

The government claims that the decision aligns with the conclusions of the meeting between the government and Commission II of the House of Representatives (DPR) on March 5, 2025. However, Commission II of the DPR refutes this claim. Commission II of the DPR even considers that the Ministry of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform (Kemenpan and RB) has misinterpreted the meeting's conclusions. Several members of Commission II of the DPR argue that, during the meeting, there was no decision stating that the recruitment of civil servant candidates (CPNS) in all agencies must be conducted simultaneously in October 2025 and the recruitment of government employees with work agreements (PPPK) in March 2026.

Zudan continued, the process of determining NIP for applicants of the 2024 CASN selection will proceed as planned, even though the schedule for the appointment of CPNS and prospective PPPK may change. BKN will continue to take steps to ensure that the Appointment Decree (SK) for CASN is truly issued.

All institutions, both central and regional, are to continue paying salaries to all non-ASN employees who are currently undergoing the CASN selection process.

The statement of duty execution (SPMT) will be issued on the same day when civil servant candidates (CPNS) are officially appointed, effective starting from October 1, 2025. "However, the appointment decree for CPNS will be handed over no later than September 1, 2025, one month prior to the appointment," he stated.

Meanwhile, for PPPK selection participants who will be appointed as PPPK, they will start being appointed starting March 1, 2026. The PPPK appointment decision letter will be submitted no later than February 1, 2026.

Zudan also ensured that PPPK candidates who on March 1, 2026 have exceeded the age limit for appointment but have not exceeded a certain age limit in the position they occupy, will still be appointed as PPPK. However, the work agreement period is set for one year.

Therefore, Zudan appealed to all agencies, both central and regional, to continue paying salaries for all non-ASN employees who are undergoing the CASN selection process. Personnel development officials in all agencies must allocate a salary budget until they are officially appointed as ASN in accordance with the Letter of the Minister of Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Number B/5993/M.SM.01.00/2024 dated December 12, 2024.

"BKN will oversee the PPK of the agency to ensure that the CPNS and PPPK appointment process can be carried out on time in accordance with the provisions of this schedule adjustment," said Zudan.

Gradual lifting

Separately, Deputy Chairman of Commission II of the House of Representatives Zulfikar Arse Sadikin said that there is actually no need for simultaneous appointments for CPNS and PPPK candidates. If there are agencies that have almost completed the personnel administration process, then these agencies should be able to appoint their employees more quickly.

"Well, it makes CASN friends calmer and certainly will not create polemics, let alone chaos. If they get peace, certainty, of course when they start working, they will be enthusiastic, right," said Arse.

Moreover, they will later become bureaucrats. Bureaucrats are policy implementers and public servants. If the government can ensure their fate, of course they will also be ready to ensure the fate of the people in their area.

"If they get certainty, they will serve well and the community will get the impact of policy implementation," said Arse.

For that, he hopes that Kemenpan and RB will listen to the input of CASN and Commission II of the DPR. Commission II of the DPR proposed that the appointment be gradual and the final deadline be October 2025 for CPNS, then no later than March 2026 for PPPK candidates.

"So they work and still get paid, because that is also the government's commitment, right, until they get certainty of appointment. That's why I said to just gradually appoint them. If the agency is ready or the region has finished filling out the resume and NIP proposal and there are already technical regulations from the BKN, then just appoint them," said Arse.