JAKARTA - The Association of Regional Legislative Assemblies of All Indonesia (ADKASI) asked the government to review the direction of regional autonomy. They assessed that the authority of the district continued to shrink, while the fiscal capacity of the region was increasingly under pressure.
The request was conveyed by the Chairman of the ADKASI, Siswanto, when he met with the Presidential Chief of Staff (KSP), General TNI (Ret.) Dudung Abdurachman at the Presidential Palace Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, June 23.
According to Siswanto, a number of strategic sectors such as mining, plantations, forestry, and marine are now managed more by the central and provincial governments. As a result, districts only rely on relatively small sources of income.
"The district finally only manages parking, hotel, restaurant, swallow's nest, and small permits," said Siswanto.
He also highlighted the decline in transfer funds to the regions. According to ADKASI, the transfer funds which in 2024 reached Rp919 trillion is now around Rp693 trillion.
This condition is considered to narrow the regional fiscal space to finance development.
Therefore, ADKASI proposes a revision of Law Number 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government and the addition of transfer funds in the 2027 State Budget.
KSP Dudung said all of these aspirations will be forwarded to President Prabowo Subianto.
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