PURWAKARTA (December 1, 2023) - The Specific Working Visit of Commission VIII DPR RI was in the context of monitoring the distribution of social assistance (Bansos) by the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemensos RI) in Purwakarta Regency.

The Director General of Social Rehabilitation, Pepen Nazaruddin, said that the Ministry of Social Affairs has 31 technical implementation units that have responsibility for dealing with social problems that exist in all districts/cities throughout Indonesia.

"We have 31 UPTs. They have the same function as the Ministry of Social Affairs, namely multifunctional, each of which has a work area," said Pepen.

Pepen further added, if Purwakarta Regency has social problems, you can directly communicate with the Pangudi Luhur Center in Bekasi.

"For the Purwakarta district, the work area is at the Pangudi Luhur Center, please be able to coordinate later if there are problems in the field"

Meanwhile, on the same occasion, the Chairman of the Kunspek Ace group, Hasan Syadzily, said that the source of social assistance coming from the APBN through the Ministry of Social Affairs in Purwakarta Regency was enough to reach IDR 244 billion which was used for the PKH program, BPNT, social rehabilitation assistance (Atensi) and various other programs.

"We hope that the social assistance can be distributed in a targeted manner to the community and also on time through distribution partners that have been determined by the Ministry of Social Affairs," said Ace.

Commission VIII DPR RI also asked the Purwakarta Regency Government to update the Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS) as data on social assistance recipients so that it is right on target so that aid can be distributed as expected.