DPD RI Committee III Follows Up on Yogyakarta Residents' Concerns Due to the Shift in the National Disaster Mitigation Deciles, Proposes a Moratorium on Discontinuing Assistance

11 September 2026 oleh admin

Yogyakarta, dpd.go.id — Committee III of the House of Regional Representative of the Republic of Indonesia (DPD RI) held a Public Hearing (RDP) in Yogyakarta to directly address the concerns of residents of the Special Region of Yogyakarta (DIY) affected by changes in the status of social assistance recipients, due to the shift in deciles in the National Single Social and Economic Data (DTSEN). DTSEN is the result of the integration of the Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS), the Data Collection for the Acceleration of Extreme Poverty Eradication (P3KE), and the Socioeconomic Registration (Regsosek) as mandated by Presidential Instruction Number 4 of 2025.

Ahmad Syauqi Soeratno, Vice Chairman of Committee III of DPD RI, who led the hearing, said reports from various regions in Indonesia showed a shocking impact on residents on the ground. "There are residents whose dialysis appointments have been denied. There are students who have registered for the KIP Kuliah program but have been rejected. There is a pile of rice aid that cannot be distributed because the decile has shifted. This is not only happening in Yogyakarta but also in other provinces," Syauqi said (10/9/2026).

He reminded that similar issues had actually emerged since last year, when around 71,000 residents of Yogyakarta were threatened with losing their rights due to the shift from DTKS to DTSEN. At the same time, pressure on regional fiscal is getting heavier due to efficiency policies and cuts in Transfers to Regions (TKD), while the district/city APBD often serves as an emergency social safety net. "There have been regional heads who have told me, Mr. Syauqi, that I can only cover until November of this year. Our task is to secure two sides: the residents who are directly affected, and the regional fiscal pressure that is displaced from other development priorities due to sudden policy changes like this," he stressed. Syauqi emphasized that the mindset of this meeting is to collect data and gather aspirations first-hand from technical agencies throughout Yogyakarta, not to debate statistical methodology.

The Head of the Social Security Division of the Yogyakarta Social Service, Suparmin, reported that in February 2026, 158,000 Contribution Assistance Recipients (PBI) in the province had their benefits temporarily deactivated because their decile was above five. "As a result, the Social Service is inundated with daily calls from the public asking how they can continue to access PBI," Suparmin said.

The Social Services Agency, along with the district/city governments, took swift action by reactivating the PBI program using regional funds while awaiting the re-verification process. A more specific case involved a motorized pedicab driver in Kulon Progo, whose decile status jumped from 2 to 9 in a short time. He proposed that the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) process the data, including ranking, for a full month. The results would be submitted to the Ministry of Social Affairs in the fourth month to serve as the basis for social assistance distribution. He also proposed that BPS review its ranking method.

"We hope that with this quarterly mechanism, the deciles issued won't be implemented immediately, but rather there should be a time gap for at least one renewal process, so that the public still has their rights," said Suparmin.

On the education side, Menik Ria Agustiningsih, Head of the Yogyakarta City Education and Culture Office's Education Guarantee Unit (UPT), revealed that the poverty data for Yogyakarta City, which is used as a reference for the Regional Education Guarantee program, has actually increased sharply. "Our data on Target Families for Social Protection Guarantees (KSJPS) cannot align with the poverty figures released by BPS, because with this decile there is no score for each individual. This has resulted in the data on the poor population in Yogyakarta City, which was 28,000 people last year, this year has increased to 44,000 people," said Menik.

Bantul Education and Culture Office also reported that students through the New Student Admission System (SPMB) affirmative pathway lost access due to differences in the cut-off time for decile data and the school registration schedule, which occurred for two consecutive years.

Meanwhile, in the health sector, the Head of the Health Services Division of the Yogyakarta Health Office, Amin Subagus, stated that the change in the DTSEN data had an impact on service turbulence, as many participants previously covered by PBI suddenly became inactive and experienced difficulties accessing services. To anticipate this, the Yogyakarta Health Office ensured that the Regional Health Insurance (Jamkesda) budget remains available as a temporary support for participants whose PBI is inactive but has not been re-verified. "However, we will continue to wait until this data is truly fixed and we ensure that health facilities continue to provide services," said Amin.

The Head of the Yogyakarta Province Statistics Agency (BPS), Endang Tri Wahyuningsih, emphasized that the DTSEN is still being refined and compiled from three main data sources: the 2022 Regsosek (Regulation and Social Security), the P3KE (Public Health Office), and the DTKS (Vocational Health and Social Security Agency). These data are then matched with population data from the Directorate General of Civil Registration (Dukcapil) and administrative data from PLN, Pertamina, and BPJS Kesehatan. She emphasized that the use of deciles as the basis for determining aid recipients is entirely up to each ministry/institution.

"This decile is just one tool to improve relative welfare. It can be used by ministries, simply selecting the first 10 percent, the second 10 percent, and so on. So, this isn't a list of program recipients," Endang explained.

Endang added that, as of July 10, 2026, the cumulative update rate for the DTSEN data had only reached 33.13 percent, with a three-month update cycle and a 90-day objection period from the Ministry of Social Affairs. Endang also clarified that the ongoing 2026 Economic Census was not the cause of the current decile changes, as it had not yet been completed.

Syauqi emphasized that Committee III of the House of the Regional Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPD RI) will not stop at the regional level. The results of this hearing will be reported to the DPD leadership in Jakarta and will form the basis for a meeting with the Ministry of Social Affairs and the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) next week, to seek clarification on the transition mechanism and contingency plans for vulnerable groups.

Jasin U. Dilo, a member of Committee III DPD RI, also proposed a moratorium on social assistance cuts while the decile data verification process continues. He also suggested establishing a complaint post that proactively reaches out to residents, rather than simply waiting for reports to come in.

"I would call it a moratorium on aid termination. This means that as long as the data hasn't been confirmed, the recipient will still receive the aid. Don't cut it off immediately," Jasin said.

The proposal is in line with the input submitted by the DIY Representative of the Indonesian Ombudsman and the DIY Ombudsman Institution, including a mechanism for the public's right to data correction, the principle of no sudden disruption or no sudden termination of services, a complaint tracking system, and a cross-agency coordination forum in DIY.

This RDP was attended by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of the DIY Province, the DIY Social Service, the DIY Health Service, the DIY Education, Youth, and Sports Service (Disdikpora) along with the ranks of the Yogyakarta City Education, Sleman Regency, Kulon Progo Regency, and Bantul Regency, the DIY Representative of the Indonesian Ombudsman, the DIY Ombudsman Institute, and the Public Policy and Wisdom Institute.***