Staff Of Sri Mulyani Calls The Preparation Of The 2025 RAPBN According To Procedures

Rupiah (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Finance stated that the preparation of the 2025 State Revenue and Expenditure Budget Draft (RAPBN) went according to procedure. Special Staff to the Minister of Finance for Strategic Communications at the Ministry of Finance Yustinus Prastowo stated that in his upload on platform X, the preparation of the State Budget is an annual ritual regulated by Law Number 17 of 2003 concerning State Finance and Government Regulation Number 17 of 2017 concerning Synchronization of the National Development Planning and Budgeting Process.

"The process of drafting the state budget is actually normal, according to the timeline. It just so happens that we don't have a tradition of experiencing a transition," Prastowo said quoting Antara.

The process of drafting the APBN starts from the internal government process, which includes the determination of the theme, target, policy direction, and national development priorities; preparation of fiscal capacity; baseline review or basic figures of ministries/agencies (K/L); then submission of Macro Economic Policy and Fiscal Policy Principles (KEM-PPKF) and the availability of the budget to the President in March.

Furthermore, the discussion of the indicative ceiling in March; the budget ceiling at the end of June, after a preliminary discussion with the DPR; the cancellation of the K/L work plan and budget (RKA) at the end of July, the preparation of the Financial Note in early August; and the issuance of a Presidential Regulation detailing the State Budget for the 2025 fiscal year after it was enacted as law.

As for May onwards, the discussion of the APBN is in process with the DPR, where the delivery of the KEM-PPKF to the DPR is carried out in the third week of May, the preliminary discussion of the State Budget Draft in May to June, followed by the submission of the 2025 State Budget Bill and the Financial Note to the DPR, then the discussion of the 2025 State Budget Bill and Financial Notes from August to September, and ending with the determination of the 2025 State Budget in October.

The 2025 APBN coincides with the transition of government in 2024. This is similar to 2014, when the transition from Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's administration to Jokowi. The process of intense coordination and communication occurs, precisely to ensure sustainability," he wrote in his upload.

For this reason, while waiting for the election results through the determination by the General Elections Commission (KPU), the government carried out the process of drafting the 2025 RAPBN according to the provisions.

According to him, under the leadership of President Jokowi, discussion of assumptions, projections, and indicators can at the same time consider the program of the elected president, while still paying attention to the condition of the state budget and the interests of maintaining healthy fiscal sustainability.

"This is certainly reasonable and realistic considering that the 2025 State Budget will be run by a new government. Let's continue to monitor it so that the process runs well, transparently, and accountably. A healthy state budget is an important foundation for Indonesia's transformation for mutual welfare," said Prastowo.