Gorontalo's Chief Prosecutor Opens His Door to Census Officers

BPS Gorontalo Regency — The office of the District Attorney (Kejaksaan Negeri) of Gorontalo Regency, usually associated with case files and courtrooms, received visitors that afternoon on a matter far removed from the world of law. Officers from the Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) of Gorontalo Regency arrived carrying a questionnaire, not a summons or an indictment, but the 2026 Economic Census.

In his office, dressed in his everyday work uniform, the Chief Prosecutor (Kajari) of Gorontalo Regency, Olan Laurance Hasiholan Pasaribu, S.H., M.H., welcomed the BPS team without much formality. He immediately expressed his readiness to be enumerated, an attitude that helped the data collection process move quickly and smoothly.

As the data was being recorded, a relaxed conversation unfolded. It wasn't about the cases or case files that usually fill his days, but about the 2026 Economic Census itself: what lies behind its implementation, and why every segment of society, including law enforcement institutions, needs to take part in it.

The prosecutor's office is, admittedly, not the first place one imagines when thinking about an economic census. Yet behind the uniform and the desk piled with case files, the prosecutor remains part of the pulse of household economic life that needs to be recorded, no different from ordinary citizens.

For BPS Gorontalo Regency, the Chief Prosecutor's willingness to be enumerated was more than a ceremonial formality. It stood as simple proof that accurate data requires participation from everyone, regardless of position or the institution they represent