President Jokowi Asks Ministries/Agencies To Focus On Finishing State Budget Expenditures

DOCUMENTATION BETWEEN/President Jokowi and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked all ministries/agencies (K/L) to focus on completing expenditures according to the program in the 2021 APBN, especially those that make a significant contribution to economic recovery.

This was said by Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati after the Plenary Cabinet Session led by President Jokowi regarding the 2022 State Budget at the presidential office, Jakarta, Wednesday, November 17.

“The president asked all ministries/agencies to focus on completing the APBN, especially expenditures that could benefit the community and economic recovery, especially spending on social assistance, which will still be completed by the end of the year. Assistance to the business world includes spending in order to pay claims from patients, which have increased quite a lot for COVID-19 and incentives for health workers," Sri Mulyani said as quoted by Antara.

The government, said Sri Mulyani, will also complete spending programs for social protection, either through the Family Hope Program, Cash Assistance, Direct Cash-Village Assistance, and others to fortify the community from the impact of the CVID-19 pandemic.

“This includes addressing the issue of extreme poverty which really needs attention. In this case, the President will hold a separate cabinet meeting regarding this," he said.

The government will also realize a budget to stimulate tourism business actors in the form of productive assistance or cash of Rp600 thousand in three payments.

"This will be about the target who will get the criteria, and the allocation of the recipients will be determined by the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy so that it can be expected to be executed at the end of this month or early next month," said the Minister of Finance.

In the cabinet meeting, the government also emphasized the realization of financing and investment for SOEs that were assigned by the government to complete strategic projects such as important infrastructure projects.

"For example, PT Hutama Karya, which will receive State Equity Participation for 2021, will add an additional IDR 6.2 trillion to around IDR 25 trillion, and for PT Waskita Karya there will be an additional IDR 7.9 trillion. We will also complete additional use of SAL (More Budget Balance) for LMAN for land purchases in the context of completing national strategic projects," explained Sri Mulyani.