Government Communication Agency to Strengthen Public Engagement and National Unity

President Prabowo Subianto has underscored that effective government communication is essential to strengthening national unity.

“Mr. President directed me to make communication a tool for national unity,” Head of the Government Communication Agency Syahganda Nainggolan after his inauguration by the President at the State Palace in Jakarta, Friday (10/02).

Syahganda stated that the directive would be a central focus for the agency’s work going forward. According to him, government communication is not only about conveying programs, but also about explaining the President’s ideas and policy direction to the public.

In executing its duties, Syahganda said the agency would continue its existing programs while strengthening its communication strategies in response to technological developments, including artificial intelligence and digital algorithms.

“We might establish a dedicated team to examine how algorithms could distort or create a disconnect between the President’s ideas and the public,” he said.

Syahganda added that the agency would strengthen government communication through more intensive engagement with the media and journalists.

These dialogues, he said, would help convey government messages to the public while also channeling public aspirations back to the Government.

“We need to meet frequently with media and the press,” Syahganda said.

Syahganda also thanked media professionals for helping communicate the President’s ideas and government programs to the public, adding that effectively conveying the President’s ideas is essential to ensuring the public understands the administration’s direction. (BPMI of Presidential Secretariat) (GWH/MEP)