JAKARTA - The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has proposed an increase in the budget for 2027 to Rp. 334 trillion to support operational readiness, modernization of defense equipment, the development of defense forces, and other priority programs.
"We have proposed additional funds through Commission I of the DPR RI to be forwarded to the Budget Agency so that we can increase the budget by Rp. 195 trillion," said Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin as reported by ANTARA, Wednesday, June 10.
Minister of Defense Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin said the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) and the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) provided the Ministry of Defense's budget ceiling for 2027 of Rp. 139 trillion.
However, he proposed an additional Rp195 trillion so that the total would be Rp334 trillion.
The Minister of Defense said that the actual plan for the budget needs (renbut) for the Ministry of Defense in 2027 is IDR 667 trillion.
According to him, the plan for the budget needs is based on the concept of priority scale and the dynamics of the tasks given to the Ministry of Defense and the Indonesian National Army as instruments of state defense.
Therefore, he said the proposal to increase the budget to Rp. 334 trillion was submitted so that the figure would not be much different from the Ministry of Defense's needs of Rp. 667 trillion.
"What was approved based on a letter from Bappenas and the Ministry of Finance was only Rp. 139 trillion, so the difference is far. Therefore, we propose an addition to approach the maximum need of Rp. 667 trillion," he said.
The Minister of Defense said that the addition of the budget had a great meaning for state sovereignty because the state defense system was like a "safety belt" for national development.
In 2027, Sjafrie said the Ministry of Defense has 20 work lists divided into six programs.
According to the Minister of Defense, the TNI as a defense tool must be ready to face the dynamics of tasks to support government tasks, in addition to the tasks of the state defense system.
A number of examples of tasks that the TNI must face include issues of conflict dynamics in Papua, to other regions. In addition, the TNI now also needs to support the government in the development of the necessary facilities and infrastructure.
"We already know, the aftermath of natural disasters. So, now the TNI is also carrying out tasks to build bridges and so on," he said.
Previously, the Chairman of Commission I of the DPR, Utut Adianto, conveyed that the defense budget for 2027 of Rp. 139 was decreasing compared to the budget approved for 2026 of Rp. 187 trillion.
After simulating to maintain the acceleration and strength of the TNI in maintaining the sovereignty of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), according to him, the Ministry of Defense felt the need for an addition.
"This addition is certainly not determined by Commission I, but Commission I approves and supports the additional proposal to be forwarded to the Budget Agency," said Utut.
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