The Ministry Of P2MI 2026 Budget Ceiling Is Only IDR 285 Billion, Commission IX Of The House Of Representatives Supports Added IDR 1.3 Trillion

Minister of P2MI Abdul Kadir Karding after a closed work meeting with Commission IX of the DPR at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, July 9. (Nailin-VOI)

JAKARTA - Commission IX of the DPR supports the proposal of the Ministry of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (KemenP2MI) to propose an additional budget for 2026 of IDR 1.3 trillion. The indicative ceiling allocation of the Ministry of P2MI budget in 2026 which was previously set at only IDR 285 billion.

This was conveyed by the Minister of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers Abdul Kadir Karding after a closed-door working meeting with Commission IX of the DPR at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, July 9.

"So, the indicative ceiling obtained by the ministry [P2MI], there is Rp285 billion. And we have closed it with our friends of Commission IX of the DPR, in principle receiving, as well as providing support for the ministry's proposal to add more than Rp1.3 trillion, and agreed by Commission IX," said Karding.

Karding revealed, of the IDR 285 billion in the indicative ceiling of 2026 KemenP2MI, the majority were allocated for personnel expenditure. Meanwhile, the special budget for the protection, placement, and empowerment of migrant workers, he said, is only available around Rp. 2 billion.

"For the Rp285 billion, the indicative ceiling, 92 percent or around Rp200 billion, is for personnel expenditure and also operational support. The Rp285 billion is indicative," he said.

"Relatively, the budget for protection, budget for placement, budget for empowerment, and other budgets is relatively only Rp. 2 billion," added Karding.

Therefore, Karding said KemenP2MI needs to make efforts to propose additional budgets to the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) and the National Development Agency (Bappenas) in order to increase supervision and increase skills or skills of Indonesian migrant workers.

"So indeed, this needs our effort later to the Ministry of Finance and Bappenas," said Karding.

"And for the addition, later additional details may be allowed later, but we allocate the largest to the Director General of Promotion and Cooperation, because we want to encourage the placement of foreign migrant workers to be rather serious, with good quality levels, meaning skills. So that will help reduce unemployment, unravel employment in the country," he continued.

Karding added that the protection of Indonesian migrant workers remains the ministry's top priority. So, if the additional budget is approved, KemenP2MI will prioritize it for this priority program.

"Well, this protection will focus on how we prevent procedural devices, and how to train and prepare skilled workers, as well as how to build governance and services that are efficient, easy and cheap," he said.

Karding said that the additional budget if realized later would also be to achieve the target of placing 2026 Indonesian migrant workers of 400 thousand people.

"But maybe later we have to correct this according to the circumstances, because this is not only us who are targeted, we have to see the state of the market abroad in the context of practice," he said.

"If the job order is actually big, but consolidating this, training takes time. It takes time, so we have to, maybe we have to correct it again," concluded Minister Karding.