PDIP Receives Rp28 Billion Political Party Grant From Government, How Much Is The Political Party Assistance Fund?

Illustration of financial assistance for political parties. (Pixabay)

YOGYAKARTA How much is the assistance fund for political parties every year? It is known that the Government through the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) provides political party financial assistance to PDIP as much as Rp28 billion.

The Director General of Politics and General Government of the Ministry of Home Affairs Bahtiar handed over the funds after he and Megawati signed documents at the Internal Organization Consolidation Meeting at the Party School, Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, Monday, July 31, 2023.

For information, financial assistance for political parties is financial assistance sourced from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) / Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) which is given proportionally to political parties that get seats in the House of Representatives, Provincial Regional House of Representatives, and the Regency/City Regional House of Representatives whose calculations are based on the number of votes.

Providing financial assistance to political parties is regulated in the Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs (Permendagri) Number 36 of 2018 concerning Procedures for Calculation, Budgeting in Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budgets, and Orderly Administration of Submission, Distribution, and Accountability Reports for the Use of Political Party Financial Assistance.

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The amount of financial assistance provided by the government to political parties is based on the number of valid votes obtained from the DPR, Provincial DPRD, and Regency/City DPRD elections.

The number of votes obtained by the DPR Election is based on the results of the nationally valid vote count set by the General Elections Commission (KPU).

Meanwhile, the vote acquisition from the provincial DPRD election is based on the results of the calculation of the valid votes for the provincial DPRD election determined by the Provincial KPU.

The vote acquisition from the district/city DPRD election is based on the results of the valid vote count for the district/city DPRD election determined by the Regency/City KPU.

The following are the details of the financial assistance provided by the government to political parties:

Especially for the provincial government, where the budget allocation of financial assistance to political parties has exceeded Rp1,200 per valid vote, the allocation of financial assistance budgets to political parties in the following year is the same as the amount of financial assistance to political parties in the current fiscal year.

As for district/city governments, the allocation of financial assistance budgets to political parties the following year is the same as the amount of financial assistance to political parties for the current fiscal year.

Calculations Of The Amount Of Political Party Assistance Funds That Passed To Senayan In The 2019 Election

Quoted from the official website of the General Elections Commission, there were nine parties that passed to Senayan because they got votes exceeding the parliamentary threshold of 4 percent.

The nine political parties are:

Based on the data above, the amount of financial assistance that the government should have given to each political party is:

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