Chairman of Commission III of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia, Habiburokhman, answered the polemics regarding the use of state budget funds for the procurement of President Prabowo Subianto's sacrificial animals through the Presidential Assistance scheme. This was conveyed through a release received by VOI on Thursday, May 28.
According to Habiburokhman, the use of state funds is not wrong in terms of law and sharia. Furthermore, Habiburokhman emphasized that the sacrificial animal assistance is a form of the state's presence to help the community, pesantren, mosques, religious figures, and other community groups throughout Indonesia in the momentum of Eid al-Adha.
Legally, the assistance program for the community from the President has a clear legal basis in the state financial system. This is regulated in Article 3 Paragraph 1 of Law Number 17 of 2003 concerning State Finances which stipulates that the management of state finances is carried out in an orderly manner, in accordance with laws and regulations, efficient, economical, effective, transparent, and responsible for the greatest prosperity of the people.
Furthermore, according to Habiburokhman, the 2026 State Budget Law also provides budgetary space for the President's community assistance program, Banpres or Banmaspres, through the Ministry of State Secretariat.
Previously, the Chairman of the MUI Fatwa Department, Asrorun Niam Soleh, also stated that the use of the State Budget for the procurement of the President's sacrificial animals was not contrary to Islamic sharia.
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