End of Year Gift, All Social Welfare Service Recipients Social Rehabilitation Center in Bekasi Have E-KTP

BEKASI (November 22, 2019) - The Office of Population and Civil Registration of the City of Bekasi conducted Population Document Recording and E-KTP Recording for 35 Beneficiaries (PM)/Social Welfare Services Recipients (PPKS) at three UPTs of the Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation in Bekasi that did not yet have personal identities, namely PPKS BRSLU "Budhi Dharma" totaling 27 people, BRSEGP "Pangudi Luhur" 6 people and BRSPDSN "Tan Miyat" 2 people.

The Population Document Recording and E-KTP Recording activities were carried out at the Social Rehabilitation Center for Elderly (BRSLU) “Budhi Dharma” Bekasi, which was attended by the Secretary of the Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Idit Supriadi Priatna, Representative of the Directorate of Poverty Reduction and Social Welfare of Bappenas RI, Radit, Head of Sub-Directorate for Identity of the Directorate General of Population and Civil Registry of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Maharani and representatives of the Bekasi City Disdukcapil, as well as other invited guests.

"We thank Bappenas for facilitating the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Dukcapil of Bekasi City to carry out this activity. Beneficiaries' personal identities are very useful, this identity will be the basis for us to provide services, ”said Idit Supriadi Priatna, Secretary of the Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation.

"Accelerating the achievement of national priority targets in ownership of population documents and recording E-KTP, especially for vulnerable groups of population administration is our common concern," he said.

Furthermore, the Secretary of the Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation said that recording E-KTPs of vulnerable populations is a state obligation, and the Ministry of Social Affairs has an interest in this. Three Social Rehabilitation Centers in Bekasi were chosen because of the location is strategies. In the future, Population Document Recording and E-KTP Recording at one location in one city will be applied to other social rehabilitation centers because they are considered more effective and efficient.

"Social rehabilitation centers within the Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation are a representation of the state's presence in order to serve PPKS or PMs through advanced social rehabilitation services which include objective assistance, therapy, family support and social care. And all of them require the identity of PPKS / PM, as a form of our responsibility," said Idit.

PPKS / PM really need population administration documents which are one of their basic rights. Because ownership of a population law identity is a prerequisite document for citizens to access public services, such as obtaining a birth certificate, marriage certificate, obtaining a driver's license, applying for a job, etc. KTP is the main requirement.

"The Ministry of Social Affairs is ready to cooperate and facilitate Population Document Recording and E-KTP Recording activities for Social Welfare Services Recipients (PPKS) at the three UPT Directorate General of Social Rehabilitation in Bekasi which do not yet have a legal identity," concluded Idit.

The event continued with the symbolic handover of E-KTP to one of the PPKS witnessed by the relevant officials.