Secretary-General M. Guntur Hamzah attending the 2021 Public Information Openness Award virtually, Tuesday (10/26//2021) from the Constitutional Court. Photo by Humas MK/Ifa.

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Tuesday, October 26, 2021 | 17:32 WIB

JAKARTA, Public Relations—The Constitutional Court (MK) received a Public Information Openness (KIP) Award of 2021 in the ‘informative’ category for public institutions. The award was conferred by Vice President Ma’ruf Amin symbolically through videoconference on Tuesday, October 26, 2021. Secretary-General M. Guntur Hamzah accepted the award virtually from the 11th floor of the Constitutional Court building.

The award is an appreciation for the Court’s efforts and commitment to providing information to the public. The public information that the Court has made available increased year by year, along with the advances in information and communications technology and the changes in society.

The Court received a score of 93.41 within the ‘informative’ category, an improvement from the ‘nearly-informative’ category it scored in 2020. The Court, thus, has succeeded in improving its informative score as a government institution and a non-ministerial government institution.

In his speech, Vice President Ma’ruf Amin said the award was a great chance for government institutions to continue their efforts in information transparency by making innovations. The award served to encourage public participation to achieve good and transparent governance.

“Indonesia firmly guarantees information for the public. This means that all institutions must continue to encourage the spirit of information disclosure and [it must] become a common concern,” he added.

He also stressed that public institutions and the government must be able to use the digital era as an opportunity to disseminate the message of transparency, to combat corruption, in order to strengthen the government and reinforce available services. He expressed hope that the assessment would compel public institutions to self-reflect and continue maintaining and improving their performance and productivity amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Central Information Commission chair I Gede Narayana in his speech said that the commission had created the public information openness index of 2021 with a total average score of 71.37. Monitoring and evaluation of 337 public institutions showed that 83 of them fell into the ‘informative’ category while 63 ‘nearly-informative,’ 54 ‘fairly informative,’ 37 ‘less informative,’ and 100 ‘not informative.’

Three ministries also received the ‘informative’ award—the Ministry of Agriculture (99.29), the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (99.21), and the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy (98.10).

Three provincial governments also received the same award—Central Java (98.17), Aceh (96.93), and West Nusa Tenggara (96.77).

Four political parties also fell into the same category—the Democratic Party, the Great Movement (Gerindra) Party, the National Democratic (Nasdem) Party, and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Writer        : Utami Argawati
Editor        : Nur R.
Translator  : Yuniar Widiastuti (NL)

Translation uploaded on 10/27/2021 15:30 WIB

Disclaimer: The original version of the news is in Indonesian. In case of any differences between the English and the Indonesian versions, the Indonesian version will prevail.

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