Jakarta, April 3 -- The Indonesian government's policy of implementing a one-day work-from-home (WFH) each week for civil servants is considered a short-term strategy to reduce daily fuel consumption without compromising public productivity and services.

"WFH is purely a short-term tactical strategy, a quick relief to reduce daily fuel consumption without in the slightest compromising productivity and public services," Vice President's Special Staff member Nico Harjanto said in a written statement quoted here on Thursday.

The statement was delivered in response to remarks by Indonesia's 10th and 12th Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who had previously said that the WFH policy is not an effective solution to reduce fuel consumption.

In his s...