505 Regional Heads Will Attend Briefing in Magelang

YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS - A total of 505 regional heads are scheduled to attend training at the Military Academy, Magelang, Central Java, on February 21-28, 2025. The training will be conducted after these regional heads are inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto on February 20, 2025, in Jakarta.

This was conveyed by Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto while inspecting the Yogyakarta Presidential Palace, Yogyakarta City, on Sunday (9/2/2025). The inspection was conducted because the Yogyakarta Presidential Palace, commonly referred to as Gedung Agung, is likely to become the gathering point for regional heads before attending training at the Military Academy (Akmil).

"So, God willing, the inauguration of regional heads is planned for the 20th (of February) in Jakarta. There are 505 regional heads, including governors, regents, and mayors, who will be inaugurated directly by the President. And it is scheduled that on the 21st (of February) these regional heads will attend a briefing in Magelang," said Bima.

Bima explained that the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) and the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) are responsible for organizing the series of briefing events. The review conducted by Bima is also part of the preparation for the implementation of the briefing.

According to Bima, the Yogyakarta Presidential Palace is one of the options for gathering points for regional heads before they depart together by bus to the Military Academy. He also mentioned that, based on communication with the management of the Yogyakarta Presidential Palace, the place is ready to be used as a gathering point for regional heads.

"This is one of the options where the regional heads might gather here first before heading together to Magelang," he said.

Even so, Bima said, there is still another option where the regional heads can gather directly at the Military Academy without first assembling at the Yogyakarta Presidential Palace. These options will be discussed in a meeting with the Minister of State Secretary.

Bima stated that the briefing is planned to last until February 28. According to him, the Akmil complex has indeed been prepared by President Prabowo as a place for the briefing of leaders. Previously, ministers, deputy ministers, and relevant officials also attended the briefing at Akmil.

"There is already a place there, rather than spending more budget for other places, it is more effective and efficient to do it there. The tents can use the tents that have been prepared and have been used by the ministers," he said.

In the briefing, Bima said, there are several materials that will be delivered. One of them is related to the duties, main points, and functions of regional heads. In addition, there will be material about Asta Cita or the eight missions of the Prabowo-Gibran government that will be delivered by the ministers. On the other hand, there will be a briefing delivered by Lemhanas.

Bima also said that the 505 regional heads who will attend the briefing in February are regional heads who are no longer involved in cases at the Constitutional Court (MK).

They consist of regional heads who have not been in dispute with the Constitutional Court from the start and regional heads who had disputes with the Constitutional Court but whose cases did not continue. For regional head candidates who are still in dispute with the Constitutional Court, the government will wait for the Constitutional Court's decision.

Previously reported, the government and the DPR agreed to unify the inauguration schedule for regional heads from the 2024 Pilkada who were not disputed in the Constitutional Court with the results of the Constitutional Court's dismissal decision. Regarding the certainty of the inauguration schedule, the DPR left it to the government.

The decision was taken in a meeting for about 5 hours at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday (3/2/2025). The meeting was attended by the Ministry of Home Affairs together with election organizers and Commission II of the DPR

In the meeting, all parties finally agreed to annul the decision of the meeting on January 22, 2025 regarding the inauguration schedule for regional heads resulting from the 2024 Pilkada.

There is already a place there, rather than spending more budget on other places, it would be more effective and efficient to just do it there.

Initially, based on the decision of the meeting, the regional heads and deputy regional heads whose election results were no longer disputed at the Constitutional Court were scheduled to be inaugurated on February 6. However, the decision has now been changed because the government will combine the inauguration of regional heads from the 2024 Pilkada results that were not disputed at the Constitutional Court with the results of the dismissal decision.

"The official announcement (of the regional head inauguration schedule) will be conveyed by the government through the Minister of Home Affairs," said Chairman of Commission II of the DPR, Rifqinizamy Karsayuda (Kompas.id, 3/2/2025).