Commission XI Ensures Budget Efficiency Does Not Change State Expenditures

Chairman of Commission XI DPR Mukhamad Misbakhun/ANTARA

JAKARTA - Chairman of Commission XI of the House of Representatives, Mukhamad Misbakhun, ensured that the budget efficiency policy would not change the size of the state revenue and expenditure budget (APBN).

"The size and volume of the APBN have not changed at all. (State spending) IDR 3,621.3 trillion has not changed," said Misbakhun as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, February 10.

He stated that President Prabowo Subianto's goal in directing government spending cuts through the Presidential Instruction of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1 of 2025 has a clear goal, namely efficiency in order to increase productivity.

In that context, the use of the APBN is encouraged to be more efficient, effective, and distributed to productive things.

"Efficiency policy is still running. What shape efficiency, please wait," he continued.

Presiden Prabowo Subianto sebelumnya mengeluarkan Ipres 1/2025 yang meminta anggaran pemerintah pada APBN dan APBD TA 2025 dipaks sebesar Rp306,69 triliun.

In detail, the K/L budget is requested to be streamlined in the amount of Rp256.1 trillion and transfers to the regions (TKD) of Rp50.59 trillion.

For K/L expenditures, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati followed up on the directive by issuing a letter numbered S-37/MK.02/2025 which stipulates 16 shopping posts that need to be cut by budget with varying percentages, ranging from 10 percent to 90 percent.

The minister/leader of the institution is asked to submit an efficiency plan to the DPR and report its approval to the finance minister or director general of the budget no later than February 14, 2025.

If up to the deadline determined by the minister/leader of the institution has not submitted a revised report, the Ministry of Finance and the Directorate General of Budget (DJA) will list it in page IV A DIPA independently.

Meanwhile, for details of TKD budget cuts, the Minister of Finance issued Decree of the Minister of Finance (KMK) Number 29 of 2025.

The cuts were carried out on six instruments, including underpayment of profit-sharing funds, general allocation funds (DAU), physical special allocation funds (DAK), special autonomy funds (otsus), special Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY) funds, and village funds.