In Front Of Commission 2 Of The DPR, Dedi Mulyadi Curhat The Inequality Of Village Funds And Regional Autonomy In West Java

During a meeting with Commission II of the DPR RI, the Governor of West Java, Dedi Mulyadi, vented about the large inequality in the allocation of village funds and regional autonomy policies in West Java Province. During the meeting, Dedi expressed his concern about the normative approach that was not in accordance with the real conditions in the field.

According to Dedi, with a population of almost 50 million people, villages in West Java bear an extraordinary burden. "One village can bear 150 thousand residents, but the approach to village funds remains normative," said Dedi at the DPR RI Building, Tuesday, April 29.

He asked Commission II to immediately evaluate the village fund approach and encourage changes in the status of the village that has developed into urban villages. "Many villages have changed their characters because of industrial growth, but their status remains a village. This is no longer relevant," he said.

Not only about villages, Dedi also highlighted the issue of regional fiscal burdens due to the duties of vertical agencies such as the Ministry of Religion. He considered that the area was burdened with responsibility to madrasas, pesantren, and mosques, without adequate budget support from the center. "If the regent or governor does not fulfill it, it will be clashed with religious issues. Even though there are still many public schools that collapse," he said.

Dedi also showed injustice in the area he leads. There are districts like Bogor with 6 million inhabitants, while there are small towns with a population of 250 thousand who stand alone. "This makes fiscal allocation unfair," he said.

Dedi suggested that in the future the standard General Allocation Fund (DAU) must be based on the population, not the number of districts or cities. "If you use an old approach, West Java will always be below Central Java," he concluded.

He hopes that Commission II can accelerate these changes to pursue fiscal justice and development in the regions. "We must not continue to use monotonous patterns like now," he concluded.