JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto stated that the discussion of cutting ministers' salaries has not been discussed so far.
"We have never discussed it," said Airlangga at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, quoted by Antara.
Airlangga said that discussions regarding the proposal had not been carried out, such as regarding salaries and allowances for ministers.
He said that the discussion had previously appeared, but had not been included in the agenda for discussion.
"Later we will see, at that time there was a discussion, but we just monitor," he said.
Airlangga then asked reporters to ask the party who first raised the discourse.
"Maybe the one who delivered it was the one who was asked at that time," he said.
Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa also said that the discussion of cutting ministers' salaries had not yet been discussed.
"Not yet, not yet," he said.
Purbaya said this would be decided by President Prabowo Subianto.
"From the President, not from me," he said.
It is known that Purbaya does not mind the discourse on cutting ministers' salaries. However, he is still waiting for a formal decision from President Prabowo Subianto.
"If (salary cuts) the DPR I don't know. If the minister is okay, we'll see what the President's policy is like," said Purbaya at the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Jakarta, Monday (6/4).
On that occasion, Purbaya estimated the amount of the minister's salary cut to be around 25 percent.
"I think it's 25 percent," he said.
On a different occasion, Purbaya said his party would set the percentage of direct cuts in the ministry and agency budget as a step to increase the efficiency of the State Budget (APBN) amid rising global economic uncertainty due to geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
"I asked the ministry to cut it themselves, but if they were asked like that they didn't want to cut it, they raised everything. If I can determine it, I will cut it by a certain percentage, then they will adjust it," said Purbaya at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Thursday, March 19.
Purbaya explained that the Ministry of Finance would comb through the components of spending that were considered to be temporarily postponed. The focus on efficiency targets programs that do not have a significant impact or have a slow acceleration on national economic growth.
In addition to efficiency at the program level, the discourse on cutting the salaries of ministers and deputy ministers also emerged as part of state budget savings.
Purbaya expressed his support for the proposal as a concrete step of solidarity for state officials in saving spending.
"Agree. Oh that's good. If it's good," said the Minister of Finance in response to a question about the plan to cut the salaries of officials at the ministerial level.
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