Only civil servants must comply with Iftar gathering ban: Minister

In this file photo from 2018, hundreds of civil servants with the West Java administration line up to greet acting governor Comr Gen Mochamad Iriawan on the first day of work after the 10-day Idul Fitri holiday in Bandung. - JP

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Abdullah Azwar Anas said that the regulation to bar government employees from holding Iftar dinner was mandatory for civil servants and that he would enforce the ban with no exception.

"All ministers, heads of agencies down to local government leaders have to comply with this new rule. Yet for the general public, there's no prohibition on doing that," Azwar was quoted by Antara as saying.