Jokowi Wants THR To Be Used To Increase Consumption, Netizens: But Performance Allowances Is Not Given, What Do You Do, Sir?

President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo. (Photo: Doc. Of the Presidential Secretariat)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi) statement on Twitter regarding the holiday allowance (THR) received many responses from netizens. One of them is an account with the name @radianjanata. He alluded to Jokowi's statement regarding the provision of THR for consumption levels. However, he said, this was not accompanied by a performance allowance.

"Increase consumption and purchasing power, but the performance allowances does not decrease ... what about it, sir?", he said, quoted by VOI, Friday, April 30.

Meanwhile, an account with the name @dbrahmantyo still grateful even though the performance allowance is not disbursed. According to him, the basic salary and THR have given can be used to pay off loans or debts.

"Alhamdulillah. THR basic salary without performance allowances can move the economy if spent, or become an additional emergency fund, or ease the burden of paying off debts", he wrote.

Previously, President Joko Widodo claimed to have signed a Presidential Regulation on the provision of holiday allowances (THR) and the 13th salary for the state civil apparatus (ASN). Jokowi stated that the THR would be paid D-10 of Eid. Then, the 13th salary is paid ahead of the new school year for school children

"I have signed a Government Regulation that stipulates the provision of THR and thirteenth salary for state apparatus, be it civil servants, TNI, National Police, and state officials, retirees, pension recipients, benefit recipients, last Wednesday, April 28", he said, quoted from his official account Twitter, Friday, April 30.

The former governor of DKI Jakarta hopes that the THR payment can increase people's purchasing power. That way, the level of household consumption will increase.

"The THR is given to encourage increased consumption and purchasing power of the people, which in turn can leverage national economic growth", he said.

For your information, the government has decided not to include performance allowances in the civil servants' holiday allowance (THR) payment component in 2021. This is the second-year performance allowances are not included in the THR component.

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This provision is contained in the Ministry of Finance Service Note Number ND-134 / PB / 2021. The note is addressed to the Head of the Regional Office of the Directorate General of Treasury and the Head of the State Treasury Service Office.

In the attachment to the official note, several components are not included in the 2021 THR. Among them are performance allowances, additional employee income, and performance incentives.

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said that the amount of THR paid this year only includes the basic salary plus the inherent allowances. "(The government) continues to give (THR) to ASN and TNI/Police their rights, although it does not include performance allowances", she said at an online press conference, Thursday, April 29.

The former Managing Director of the World Bank explained that the performance allowance component was not included because the community still needed State Budget support to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Furthermore, he urged the government to divide the budget for ASN and TNI / Police with the budget for social assistance for vulnerable communities and 40 percent of the people in the lowest clusters.