Sri Mulyani Disbursed That The 2024 EL Nino BLT Budget Has Not Been Executed

Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani said El Nino's direct cash assistance (BLT) in the 2024 fiscal year could not be realized by the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos). El Nino's assistance in 2024 also changed its name to mitigating food risk.

"For 2024, those who have been executed or budgeted are food assistance in Badanas which is 10 kg for 6 months, while BLT el nino 2024 has not been executed or earlier its name has become a food risk mitigation," he said at the trial of the dispute over General Election Results (PHPU) or the 2024 presidential election, Friday, April 5.

Then, Chairman of the Constitutional Panel of Judges Suhartoyo again asked about the possibility of adding the Kemesos budget for BLT El Nino.

"That's what will allow the Ministry of Social Affairs to increase?" he said.

Meanwhile, Sri Mulyani replied that there would be an additional budget. Even so, until now his party has not received documents from the Ministry of Social Affairs to be able to execute the food mitigation assistance budget.

"Until today, we at the Ministry of Finance have not received documents from the Ministry of Social Affairs to be able to execute the food mitigation assistance, so there is no implementation yet," answered Sri Mulyani.

Sri Mulyani explained that El Nino's assistance had been issued in 2023 by the National Food Agency (Bapanas) in the form of rice and direct cash assistance issued by the Ministry of Social Affairs.

"For 2023, El Nino's assistance in the form of rice assistance will be distributed by Bapanas, and for BLT in cash or cash, the Minister of Social Affairs has distributed it," he said.

Sri Mulyani said that in 2023 El Nino's budget was added and had been approved by the House of Representatives (DPR).

"The budget is additional, so we will provide additional budgets in 2023 but have received DPR approval, but in the budget mechanism it is possible that the source of the budget is in the reserves of the State General Treasurer, and there it can be used when the state or the economy faces a situation where an additional budget is needed, we take the mechanism from the State General Treasurer and then distribute it like the BLT el nino," he explained.