Polemic Of Old Alutsista, It Turns Out That The Budget For The Ministry Is Prabowo Subianto

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto handed over the first domestically made submarine which was worked on at a shipyard owned by PT PAL Indonesia. (Photo: Doc. Kemhan)

JAKARTA - Minister of Defense (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto firmly stated that the modernization of the main weapon system (alutsista) is an absolute thing to reduce the risk of accidents. Moreover, at this time there was an incident of not wearing the KRI Nanggala-402 contact in the Bali Strait.

"Now is an urgent time to modernize defense equipment for the three dimensions, namely land, sea and air," he said at a press conference with the TNI Commander, Thursday, April 22.

So, how big is the budget for the ministry led by Prabowo?

In a press conference for our APBN held by the Minister of Finance (Menkeu) Sri Mulyani virtually, it was revealed that Kemham is a state institution with the second largest budget in Indonesia with a record of Rp137.3 trillion in 2021.

This figure is inflated from the budget provided by the government in 2020 which is Rp. 117.9 trillion.

Meanwhile, the realization of the Ministry of Defense's budget until March 2021 is known to be IDR 18 trillion, or 13.1 percent of the budget ceiling provided this year.

Absorption in the first quarter of 2021 is better than the same period in 2020, which amounted to 12.5 percent of the ceiling or equivalent to IDR 14.8 trillion.

To note, the only government institution in this republic whose budget is greater than the Ministry of Defense is the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (PUPR) which amounts to IDR 149.8 trillion for 2021.

In total, Sri Mulyani said that there were 15 ministries / agencies that were included in the highest budgeted institutions, including the National Police at IDR 12.1 trillion, the Ministry of Social Affairs IDR 92.8 trillion, and the Ministry of Health IDR 84.3 trillion.

In total, the fifteen ministries / agencies generated state funds amounting to IDR 1,032 trillion for the 2021 period. This amount is higher than 2020, which amounted to IDR 836.4 trillion.

Furthermore, goods spending of all ministries / agencies in Indonesia until the end of the first quarter of 2021 amounted to Rp.63.5 trillion, an increase from the first quarter of 2020 which amounted to Rp.35.1 trillion.