Decree No. 61/2012/ND-CP on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Home Affairs

DECREE

Article specifies the functions, tasks, authorities, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Home Affairs

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Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated December 25, 2001;

Pursuant to Decree No. 36/2012/NĐ-CP dated April 18, 2012, of the Government stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of Ministries and ministerial-level agencies;

At the request of the Minister of Home Affairs,

The Government issues this Decree to stipulate the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

Article 1. Position and Functions

The Ministry of Interior is a government agency responsible for state management in the following sectors: administrative organization, public service organizations; local administration, administrative boundaries; civil servants, public officials; associations, non-governmental organizations; commendation and reward; religion; state archival affairs; youth, and state management of public services under the Ministry's jurisdiction as prescribed by law.

b) Draft five-year and annual socio-economic development plans for the province; major economic and social balances for the province; draft five-year and annual plans, programs, projects, measures to organize and implement tasks related to socio-economic development, finance-budget, planning-investment, and other tasks within the scope of state management of the Department of Finance as prescribed by law;

The Ministry of Interior performs tasks and powers as stipulated in Decree No. 36/2012/NĐ-CP dated April 18, 2012, of the Government on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and specific tasks and powers as follows:

1. Submit to the Government draft laws, draft resolutions of the National Assembly, draft ordinances, draft resolutions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, draft resolutions, decrees of the Government according to the annual legislative program and plan of the Ministry that has been approved, and projects and programs assigned by the Government and Prime Minister. long-term strategies, plans, five-year plans, annual plans, and important national projects and works within the sectors managed by the Ministry of Interior..

2. Submit to the Prime Minister draft decisions, directives, and other documents within the sectors managed by the Ministry of Interior or as assigned.

3. Issue circulars; decisions, directives, and other documents within the scope of the Ministry’s state management; guide and inspect the implementation of these documents.

4. Direct, guide, inspect, and be responsible for organizing the implementation of legal normative documents, strategies, plans, long-term development, five-year plans, annual plans, and important national projects and works issued or approved within the scope of state management of the Ministry; disseminate information, promote, and educate the law within the scope of state management of the Ministry.

5. On administrative organization and public institutions:

a) Submit to the Government proposals on the organizational structure of the Government for each term of the National Assembly; proposals and draft decrees of the Government on establishing new, merging, consolidating, dividing, separating, dissolving Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and governmental agencies; draft decrees on the organization of specialized agencies under People's Councils; draft decrees on the division of administrative management levels of urban areas belonging to provinces.

b) Review draft decrees of the Government on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structures of Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and governmental agencies; review proposals on the establishment, merger, dissolution, and reorganization of general bureaus and equivalent bodies submitted by Ministries, ministerial-level agencies to the Government; review draft decisions of the Prime Minister on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structures of general bureaus and equivalent bodies under Ministries, ministerial-level agencies; review proposals and draft decisions of the Prime Minister on the establishment, merger, dissolution, and reorganization of administrative and public service organizations and advisory and inter-departmental coordination organizations submitted by Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and provincial People's Councils to the Prime Minister.

c) Take the lead and coordinate with the Office of the Government and Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and governmental agencies to review final drafts of decrees of the Government on the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structures of Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and governmental agencies before submitting them to the Prime Minister for signature and issuance.

d) Guide common criteria for classifying and ranking administrative and public service organizations as prescribed by law.

d) Take the lead or coordinate with sectoral Ministries to issue joint circulars guiding the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structures of specialized agencies under provincial People's Councils and district-level People's Councils.

e) Guide and inspect the review of the functions, tasks, and powers of Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and governmental agencies; compile and report to the Government for decision-making on adjustments to the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structures of Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and governmental agencies.

6. On local administration:

a) Submit to the Government for promulgation regulations on: classification of administrative units at all levels; establishment of new, merger, division, separation, adjustment of administrative boundaries, renaming of administrative units at all levels; establishment of new, renaming, merger, division, separation, dissolution of centrally-administered special economic zones; policies for village-level cadres and civil servants.

b) Review and submit to the Prime Minister for approval the results of elections for members of provincial-level People's Councils;

c) Assist the Government and Prime Minister in guiding and inspecting the activities of Provincial People's Councils as prescribed by law. Attend regular meetings of Provincial People's Councils, when necessary, attend meetings of Provincial People's Committees discussing the building of administration, administrative boundary management, and the annual work program of the Provincial People's Committee.

d) Guide the implementation of elections for National Assembly deputies and People's Council representatives as prescribed by law;

e) Guide and inspect the operations of People's Committees at all levels regarding operational methods; implementation of policies and benefits for village-level cadres and civil servants;

f) Statistically record the number and quality of People's Council representatives and members of People's Committees at all levels; the number of administrative units at all levels.

7. On territorial boundaries and classification of administrative units:

a) Review and submit to the Government proposals on: establishment of new, merger, division, separation, adjustment of administrative boundaries, renaming of administrative units at all levels; establishment of new, merger, division, separation, dissolution of centrally-administered special economic zones; upgrading the administrative management level of urban areas belonging to provinces.

b) Submit to the Prime Minister for decision on the classification of provincial-level administrative units;

c) Decide on the classification of district-level administrative units; guide provincial-level People's Committees in classifying commune-level administrative units.

d) Guide and inspect the implementation of legal provisions on administrative boundary management, division, and adjustment; take the lead in developing solutions for administrative boundary issues to be submitted to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision; compile and submit to the Government and Prime Minister for consideration and resolution of issues not yet agreed upon related to administrative boundaries.

đ) Manage the administrative boundary files at all levels.

8. On personnel management:

Decide on staffing civil servants, overseas working staff of organizations under Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and provincial People's Committees after the Prime Minister approves the annual national staffing quota; civil servants under provincial People's Committees after the Prime Minister approves the annual national staffing quota; civil servants of the state;

b) Supplement staffing civil servants for Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and provincial People's Committees within the reserve staffing quota after the Prime Minister approves;

c) Allocate positions working abroad for organizations under government agencies and civil servant positions of organizations using state positions after the Prime Minister approves;

d) Compile and report to the Government and the Prime Minister on civil servant positions, the number of public officials of state agencies and public service units nationwide;

9. On state cadres, civil servants, public officials:

a) Guide and inspect the implementation of cadre planning for leadership and management positions in Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and governmental agencies; compile and report to the Prime Minister on cadre planning for leadership and management positions within the Prime Minister's authority; guide and inspect the implementation of cadre planning, programs, and training plans for the cadre workforce;

b) Guide, inspect the implementation of government and Prime Minister's regulations on: Recruitment, utilization, management of job positions, appointment to rank, transfer to another rank, promotion to a higher rank, change of occupational title, evaluation, appointment, reappointment, transfer, rotation, secondment, resignation from position, resignation, removal, disciplinary action, termination of employment, retirement, ethics, communication culture of civil servants, public officials, and other management contents as prescribed by law; ensure gender equality principles as prescribed by law; c) Guide, inspect the implementation of government regulations on titles, standards for civil servants, public officials, and managerial staff from department head level and equivalent up to deputy minister level and equivalent in ministries, agencies at the ministerial level, and government agencies; from department head level and equivalent in district people's committees to department director level and equivalent in provincial people's committees; d) Define rank and rank code for civil servants, occupational titles for public officials; issue and guide, inspect the implementation of rank standards for civil servants, occupational title standards for public officials; structure of civil servant ranks; personnel file management work for civil servants, public officials; structure of public officials according to occupational titles; badge number, badge, and wearing system for civil servants, public officials; uniform for civil servants, public officials;

đ) Chair organizing promotion of civil servants from specialist rank and equivalent to senior specialist rank and equivalent, from senior specialist rank and equivalent to senior specialist high rank and equivalent in state agencies, state-owned institutions; coordinate with the Party Central Organization Committee to organize examinations for promotion of civil servants from specialist rank and equivalent to senior specialist rank and equivalent; from senior specialist rank and equivalent to senior specialist high rank and equivalent in Party of Vietnam agencies, political-social organizations; coordinate with ministries, agencies at the ministerial level, and government agencies to organize examinations or review for promotion of public officials' occupational titles; decide on appointment to senior specialist rank and equivalent occupational titles within their authority; inspect and supervise civil servant rank promotion and public official occupational title changes; e) Review draft normative legal documents stipulating professional standards, occupational title structures for public officials, evaluation methods, examination content and form, review and promotion procedures for specialized public official occupational titles for the Minister, Head of agencies under the Minister's management to issue; g) Review human resources for cadres, civil servants, public officials, and other leadership and management positions within the Prime Minister's decision-making authority as prescribed by law; i) Build and manage national data on state cadre, civil servant, public official workforce, commune-level civil servants, and cadres within the Prime Minister's decision-making authority; organize personnel file management according to分级授权;

k) Guide, inspect, and implement government regulations on planning, creating female cadre sources, female ratio for appointments in state agencies; collect and compile national statistics indicators on female cadre work; a) Providing testimonies and expert opinions for the case for which they have been summoned; b) Guide the organization regulations of training and capacity building institutions for cadres and civil servants of ministries, agencies at the ministerial level, and government agencies, and provincial people's committees;

d) Organize training and capacity building knowledge and skills in state administration management for cadres and civil servants in the internal affairs sector; chair and coordinate with ministries and sectors to train and build capacity knowledge and skills in state administration management for representatives of all levels of People's Councils and commune-level cadres and civil servants; ect đ) Allocate, guide, inspect the implementation of annual training and capacity building for cadres and civil servants after approval by the competent authority; compile and report to the Prime Minister the results of cadre and civil servant training and capacity building;

e) Develop, issue, guide, inspect, and implement human resource planning for the Internal Affairs sector; train university and postgraduate human resources in fields managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs; the a) Guide the implementation of government and Prime Minister's regulations on: Policies and salary systems (minimum wage; pay scale; rank and grade; allowance system; salary and income management); other policies and systems for state cadres, civil servants, and public officials from central to commune levels; military force salaries and contractual labor in state agencies, state-affiliated organizations; b) Guide the ranking and grading of salary scales for enterprise managers, officers, professional soldiers, and armed forces personnel when transferred or rotated to administrative or state-affiliated organizations; c) Guide and inspect: Implementation of salary policies, allowances, living expenses, and bonuses for state civil servants, public officials, military forces, and contractual labor in administrative agencies and state-affiliated organizations; salary grade promotion for civil servants and public officials as prescribed by law; salary coefficient assignment when appointing to senior specialist rank and equivalent for state civil servants and public officials;

b) Guide the implementation of government regulations on: Procedures and formalities for establishment; division, separation; merger; consolidation; dissolution; approval of charter, issuance of license for associations and non-governmental organizations within the country; 3. NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES ARE SUBJECT TO STATE MANAGEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, OTHER MINISTRIES AND SECTORS, AND PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES AT ALL LEVELS WHERE NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES ARE LOCATED, WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR FUNCTIONS AS PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT AND IN COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. c) Decide on: Permission for establishment; division, separation; merger, consolidation; dissolution; approval of charter, issuance of license for associations and non-governmental organizations with nationwide or inter-provincial scope as prescribed by law;

h) Implement policies for senior cadres according to assigned tasks and levels;

i) Establishing and managing national data on the cadre, civil servant, and public officer workforce, village-level cadres, and cadres within the Prime Minister's decision-making authority; organizing the management of cadre, civil servant, and public officer files according to分级权限;

k) Guiding, inspecting, and organizing the implementation of the Government's regulations on planning, generating female cadres, and the proportion of women for appointment to positions in state agencies; collecting and summarizing national statistical indicators on female cadre work;

10. Regarding cadre and civil servant training and development work:

a) Direct, inspect the implementation of planning and training programs for cadres and civil servants both domestically and abroad, village-level cadres, and representatives of all levels of People's Councils;

b) Guiding the Government's regulations on the organizational structure of training and capacity-building institutions for cadres and civil servants under Ministries, agencies at ministerial level, government agencies, and provincial and centrally-administered city People's Committees;

c) Uniformly manage the training and development program system for cadres and civil servants; representatives of all levels of People's Councils and village-level cadres and civil servants;

d) Organizing training and capacity-building in state administration management knowledge and skills for cadres and civil servants in the Civil Service Department; taking the lead and coordinating with other Ministries and sectors to organize training and capacity-building in state administration management knowledge and skills for People's Council representatives at all levels and village-level cadres and civil servants;

đ) Allocating, guiding, inspecting the implementation of annual training and capacity-building for cadres and civil servants after approval by the competent authority; summarizing and reporting to the Prime Minister the results of cadre and civil servant training and capacity-building;

e) Building, issuing, guiding, inspecting, and organizing the implementation of human resource planning for the Civil Service Department; training university and postgraduate human resources in fields managed by the Ministry of Civil Affairs;

11. On salary policy:

a) Guiding the implementation of the Government's and Prime Minister's regulations on: salary policies and systems (minimum wage; pay scale; grade and rank; allowance system; salary and income management); other policies and systems for state cadres, civil servants, and public officers from central to village levels; salaries for armed forces personnel and contractual workers in state agencies and public institutions;

b) Guiding the classification and grading of salaries for cadres and public officers managing state-owned enterprises, military officers, professional soldiers, and armed forces personnel when transferred or rotated to administrative and public service agencies;

c) Guiding and inspecting: The implementation of salary, allowance, living expenses, and bonus policies for state cadres, civil servants, public officers, armed forces personnel, and contractual workers in administrative agencies and public institutions; the promotion of salary grades for state cadres, civil servants, and public officers in accordance with the law; the assignment of salary coefficients when appointing senior specialist ranks and equivalent positions for state cadres, civil servants, and public officers;

d) Serve as the permanent member of the Steering Committee for researching and implementing reforms in the national salary policy;

12. On associations and non-governmental organizations:

a) Assist the Government in uniformly managing non-governmental organizations and associations;

b) Guiding the implementation of the Government's regulations on: procedures and formalities for establishment; division, separation; merger; consolidation; dissolution; approval of charters and issuance of permits for associations and non-governmental organizations;

c) Deciding on: Permitting establishment; division, separation; merger, consolidation; dissolution; approval of charters and issuance of permits for associations and non-governmental organizations with nationwide or inter-provincial operational scope as stipulated by law;

d) Guide and inspect the implementation of laws and regulations regarding associations and non-governmental organizations; the implementation of charters for associations and non-governmental organizations as stipulated by law;

13. On commendation and rewards:

a) Guide the implementation of state and government regulations on competition promotion, titles, and title standards; forms, recipients, award criteria; authority to decide, present awards, procedures, and application files for awards; rights and obligations of individuals and groups receiving awards; handling violations.

b) Organize and guide the implementation of competition movements and reward policies of the Party and the State; guide professional matters on competition and rewards for relevant sectors and levels.

c) Review application documents for rewards submitted by agencies and organizations for the Prime Minister's decision or for the Prime Minister to submit to the President for decision according to the law.

d) Provide for the revocation of award decisions, recovery, issuance, exchange of award items according to the decision of the competent authority. Be responsible for preparing items accompanying the forms of awards from the President, Government, Prime Minister.

đ) Mobilize funding sources and manage and use the central competition and reward fund; direct, guide, and inspect the management of competition and reward funds at various levels and sectors.

e) Perform the duty of permanent member of the Central Commendation and Reward Council;

14. Regarding religious affairs:

a) Issue within its authority or take the lead and coordinate with ministries, central agencies of political-social organizations, and other related organizations in advising the competent authority to issue and implement policies and laws on religion and religious work.

b) Guide professional operations on religious work for relevant sectors and levels and localities;

c) Uniformly manage the publication of publications, religious books, works, teaching materials, purely religious cultural products of religious organizations permitted by the State to operate.

d) Guide religions to operate in accordance with the provisions of the law;

đ) Implement and guide religious organizations, believers, religious practitioners, religious officials about international cooperation in the field of religion in accordance with the provisions of the law; act as the point of contact with domestic and international religious organizations.

15. Regarding state management of official records and archives:

a) Develop projects and programs on collecting, gathering, organizing, protecting, preserving, insuring, utilizing, and exploiting archival materials and organize their implementation after approval by the competent authority;

b) Guide and inspect state agencies in implementing regulations on document management and archiving;

c) Carry out business processes regarding the collection, supplementation, protection, preservation, insurance of archival materials; organize declassification, publication, introduction, exhibition, display, and organization of service for the exploitation and use of archival materials preserved at National Archives Centers.

d) Uniformly manage statistics on document management and archiving throughout the country;

đ) Archive digital information in state agencies;

16. Regarding administrative reform of state administration:

a) Develop programs, plans, and general projects on administrative reform at each stage to submit to competent authorities for decision; serve as the permanent body for the government's administrative reform work;

b) Advise and propose guidelines, policies, and solutions to promote administrative reform of the state to the Government. Prime Minister The Government shall decide.

c) Take the lead in implementing contents of organizational reform of the administrative apparatus, civil service, and public service;

d) Guide ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, provincial people's committees under the central government in building annual administrative reform plans and budgets.

đ) Review tasks in the annual budget concerning administrative reform of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, provincial people's committees under the central government regarding objectives and contents to be sent to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Finance for consolidation and submission to the Prime Minister for approval in the annual state budget of relevant agencies.

e) Appraise pilot administrative reform projects developed by ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, provincial people's committees under the central government and submit them to the Prime Minister;

g) Guide ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, provincial people's committees under the central government to develop quarterly, semi-annual, and annual administrative reform reports;

h) Prepare quarterly, semi-annual, and annual administrative reform reports to be presented at government meetings;

i) Develop, issue, and guide the implementation of the set of monitoring and evaluation indicators for administrative reform at ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, provincial people's committees under the central government.

k) Lead the development and implementation of methods to measure the satisfaction of individuals and organizations with administrative services provided by state administrative agencies;

l) Organize training and instruction for specialized civil servants implementing administrative reform work at ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government agencies, provincial people's committees under the central government.

m) Take the lead in organizing propaganda on administrative reform;

17. Regarding the implementation of democratic regulations at grassroots levels:

Guide and inspect the implementation of democratic regulations at communes, wards, towns, and administrative agencies, public service units of the State, and state-owned enterprises according to the provisions of the law.

18. Regarding international cooperation:

a) Guide the implementation of government and prime minister regulations on organizing international conferences and seminars related to the fields of state management of the Ministry; compile and report periodically on international conferences and seminars related to the fields of state management of the Ministry.

b) Manage and organize international cooperation within the scope of state management of the Ministry according to the regulations of the Government;

c) Coordinate with ministries, sectors, localities on organizing international conferences, national conferences, and seminars chaired by the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers related to the contents and fields of state management of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

d) Lead and coordinate with relevant agencies in cooperation on civil service matters with ASEAN countries;

19. State management over youth work:

a) Take the lead in guiding and inspecting the implementation of legal normative documents, strategies, programs for youth development, and youth work;

b) Guide the integration of mechanisms and policies for youth into planning, programs, and target schemes at various levels and sectors;

c) Summarize, review, and report to the Government and the Prime Minister on the implementation of legal provisions concerning youth;

20. Implement public services within the scope of state management of the Ministry according to the provisions of the law.

21. Inspect, check the handling of complaints and denunciations, prevent corruption and malpractice, and handle violations of the law in sectors and fields under the Ministry's state management; inspect the performance of duties and powers of civil servants as stipulated by the Civil Servant Law, inspect the recruitment, employment, and management of public officials as stipulated by the Public Official Law and other relevant regulations; inspect the implementation of recruitment, appointment, training, development, transfer, rotation, assignment, removal, assessment, termination, retirement, commendation, disciplinary action, ethics, and communication culture in performing official duties of civil servants within the scope of the Ministry of Home Affairs' state management; cooperate with the Ministry of Finance to inspect the implementation of conditions ensuring official activities.

22. Take the lead and coordinate with other Ministries and sectors to resolve recommendations from state agencies and political-social organizations as assigned by the Government and Prime Minister.

23. Guide and inspect the permission for agencies and organizations to use seals and the management and use of seals in accordance with the law;

24. Organize and direct the implementation of scientific research plans and the application of scientific research in the fields of state management of the Ministry.

25. Organize and direct the application of technology and information data in the fields of state management of the Ministry.

26. Manage organizational structure, civil servant establishment, number of public officials; administrative reform; decide on appointments, reappointments, transfers, resignations, removals, assignments, commendations, disciplinary actions, terminations, retirements, and direct the implementation of salary systems and incentive policies for cadres, civil servants, and public officials under the Ministry's management as stipulated by law; train and develop professional expertise for cadres, civil servants, and public officials within the Ministry's management scope.

27. Manage financial resources and assets assigned, and organize the implementation of the budget allocated according to legal provisions.

28. Perform other tasks and powers delegated by the Government and the Prime Minister and as stipulated by the law.

Article 3. Organizational Structure

1. Department of Organization - Staffing.

2. Department of Local Administration.

3. Department of Civil Servants - Officials.

4. Department of Training and Retraining of Civil Servants.

5. Salary Department;

6. Non-Governmental Organizations Department;

7. Administrative Reform Department;

8. Department of International Cooperation.

9. Legal Affairs Department.

10. Planning and Finance Department.

11. General Department;

        12. Department of Youth Work.

13. Cadre and Civil Servant Organization Department;

14. Ministry Inspectorate.

15. Office of the Ministry (with a representative office in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang City).

16. Central Committee for Mobilization and Commendation.

17. Government Committee for Religion.

18. National Archival Administration.

19. Institute of State Organization Science.

20. Hanoi Administrative University.

21. State Organization Magazine;

22. Information Center.

23. Training 3. Amend Clause 3 Article 2 as follows:and development of cadres and civil servants.

In this Article, units specified from Clause 1 to Clause 18 are administrative units assisting the Minister in performing state management functions; units specified from Clause 19 to Clause 23 are service units serving the state management functions of the Ministry.

The Minister of Home Affairs shall submit to the Prime Minister for promulgation decisions defining the functions, tasks, authorities, and organizational structures of the Central Competition and Commendation Board, the Government Religious Board, and the issuance of lists of other existing service units under the Ministry.

The Minister of Home Affairs shall define the functions, tasks, authorities, and organizational structures of subordinate units of the Ministry, except for units specified in Clauses 16 and 17 of this Article.

The Organizational Establishment Department shall be organized into two divisions, the Local Administration Department into four divisions, the Civil Servant-Public Official Department into one division, the Planning-Finance Department into three divisions, the Ministry Inspectorate into three divisions, and the Ministry Office into nine divisions and the representative office of the Ministry Office in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang City..   

Article 4. Effective date

1. This Decree takes effect from October 1, 2012.

2. This Decree replaces Decree No. 48/2008/NĐ-CP dated April 17, 2008, of the Government on the functions, tasks, authorities, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Home Affairs; revoke previous regulations that conflict with this Decree.i abolish other previous regulations that conflict with this Decree.

Article 5. Transitional Provisions

1. The Central Steering Committee for Mobilization and Reward and the Government Committee on Religion shall continue to implement in accordance with current regulations until the Minister of Home Affairs submits Prime Minister by the Prime Minister their functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure.

2. The National Archives and Records Management Agency 1. The contents and levels of expenditure from the state budget to support the implementation of initiatives as stipulated in Chapter II of this Circular are maximum levels. Based on the ability to balance resources, the Ministers of Ministries, Heads of central agencies, Provincial People's Councils, and centrally governed cities shall decide on specific contents and levels of expenditure for initiative activities that ensure appropriateness. shall continue to implement in accordance with current regulations until the Minister of Home Affairs decides its functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure. 

Article 6. Responsibility for Implementation

The Minister of Home Affairs, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-affiliated agencies, Chairpersons of provincial People's Committees under the central government shall be responsible for implementing this Decree../.