Kantor Komunikasi Kepresidenan | |
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Formed | 15 August 2024 |
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Jurisdiction | Indonesia |
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The Presidential Communication Office (Indonesian: Kantor Komunikasi Presiden, official abbreviation PCO) is a cabinet-level agency tasked to coordinate and deliver presidential messages and communication and to convey official comments on behalf of the president.
This office is replacement for the office of Presidential Spokesperson of the Republic of Indonesia.
This office is the only state agency in Indonesia that using English name rather Indonesian name in official documents. Even inside Indonesia, the office is referred as Presidential Communication Office or its abbreviation, PCO. This is because the request of Hasan Nasbi, that disliked the office he led to be abbreviated and known as Kompres.[1][2][3]
ANTARA, Indonesian news agency using PCO to refer the office.[4] Several news publishers also followed ANTARA suits to refer the agency as PCO.[5][6][7]