Suahasil opposes proposed plan to pay civil servant salaries via cooperatives

Indonesian Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara confirmed that civil servant salaries will continue to be paid via standard bank transfers rather than through President Prabowo Subianto's flagship Red and White Cooperatives program. The clarification follows a proposal submitted by the Cooperatives Minister to expand cooperative programs.
Why it matters
The decision clarifies administrative protocols for government payroll and addresses potential structural policy shifts regarding state financial distribution systems.
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The finance minister has checked the government's latest move to try and expand the role of the flagship cooperatives program by doubling down on the current mechanism of bank transfers to pay civil servants' salaries.
alary payments for civil servants will continue to be made via bank transfer under the current mechanism, Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara has said, following a recent proposal to channel salaries through President Prabowo Subianto 's flagship Red and White Cooperatives program.
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