Dedi Mulyadi Will Spend The Disaster Emergency Response Budget

West Java Governor Dedi Mulyadi said his party would spend an emergency response budget that is usually prepared for disaster management in the regions, so that no Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) is parked.

According to Dedi, the West Java Provincial Government was forced to spend the budget in order to avoid accusations of having a large Silpa (Reside More Budget Calculation) and receive sanctions for cutting Regional Performance Allowances (TKD).

"I talked to the Secretary of State, (the budget) must be finished. Instead of saying I was parked, then my TKD was cut again," said Dedi at the Sate building in Bandung, Wednesday, November 5, as reported by ANTARA.

He admitted that if the funds were spent, the provincial government would find it difficult to find sources of financing when a disaster occurred.

But he said he had a dilemma in managing the disaster preparedness budget, so he decided the budget was spent so as not to be accused of parking the budget.

Dedi explained that ideally West Java as a disaster-prone province should have a minimum standby fund of IDR 200 billion.

"However, if the funds are not absorbed out, the provincial government is at risk of receiving administrative sanctions," he said.

Dedi said that if later the West Java budget was good with everything being completely absorbed, which he said was for the public interest, then disaster management such as radar procurement, off-road ambulances, integrated call centers, procurement of floating hospitals to flood control infrastructure had been considered good, including good cooperation between Forkopimda, he asked the central government to carry out its obligations.

The obligation referred to by Dedi, namely the 2024 tax revenue distribution fund that should have been paid by the central government in West Java, which he claimed reached Rp190 billion.

"If West Java's performance is good in all of them, then in terms of capacity, ability between income and expenditure, the value is above 60. I ask that the regional transfer funds be returned, paid, because that is our right," said Dedi.

Dedi said the funds were very crucial to strengthen regional fiscal capacity in financing programs, especially disaster management in 27 districts/cities.

Dedi emphasized that the funds are the rights of West Java Province which should have been accepted according to regulations.

"What we want, one, regional transfer funds for West Java Province proceeds of more than Rp190 billion that have not been paid, will be paid immediately. Because that is the right of West Java Province. This is important to deal with disasters, there is Rp190 billion," he said.

Dedi Mulyadi revealed this himself indicating his objection to the statement of the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Purbaya Yudhi Sadive regarding 15 regions that store funds (not) in banks (regional development), including West Java, in a regional inflation meeting with Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian, Monday (20/10).

Purbaya revealed the data from Bank Indonesia, where the West Java Provincial Government is said to have deposited deposits of IDR 4.17 trillion. Apart from West Java, Purbaya also said that the Jakarta Provincial Government kept deposits of IDR 14.683 trillion and the East Java Provincial Government IDR 6.8 trillion.

Not long after, Dedi denied this by saying that he had checked with BJB that no West Java funds were deposited in the form of deposits.

Then, some time later, Dedi said there was storage of the West Java APBD, but in the form of gyro. And the form of the giro is the safest and most transparent choice, even though the interest rate is low.