JAKARTA - Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, responded to the question of the increase in recess funds received by council members this October. Where the recess funds, which were originally Rp. 702 million, rose to Rp. 756 million.
According to Dasco, there was an error in the transfer from the Secretariat General (Setjen) of the DPR to several members with an excess of Rp. 54 million. In fact, the plan for housing allowances for DPR members has been canceled.
"That the previous Rp54 million increase had a plan but we didn't apply it, including housing allowances. But this is an error from the general secretariat," Dasco explained, quoted Monday, October 13.
However, Dasco claims the excess transfer of funds has been withdrawn by the Secretariat General of the DPR.
"There were some members, but not many then they made the wrong transfer so that the recess funds increased by Rp. 54 million. And it was immediately in the backbit by the secretariat general," said Dasco.
Dasco explained that the recess funds for DPR members for the 2019-2024 period were worth IDR 400 million. Then, the recess funds for the 2024-2029 period increased due to the addition of the index and the number of points to IDR 702 million.
"It has been proposed from January 2025, but because it was only approved in May 2025, from January to May it still uses Rp. 400 million," he explained.
Dasco said the proposed increase had been approved by the Ministry of Finance and applies to members of the DPR for the period 2024-2029 starting in May.
"Not every month, yes, this is the recess. So indeed we are not going up but there are additional indexes and additional points," he said.
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