JAKARTA - Minister of Finance Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa emphasized that the government continues to evaluate the implementation of various national priority programs such as Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) and Red and White Village Cooperatives (Kopdes) to be more efficient and targeted.
According to him, every new program is normal to face challenges in the early stages so that improvements need to continue.
He said that the government had taken steps to increase budget efficiency, strengthen the supervision mechanism, and improve coordination with implementing agencies so that the use of state funds was more accountable.
"The government does not turn a blind eye to various shortcomings. The most important thing is that each weakness is immediately corrected and supervision is strengthened," said Purbaya in an official statement, Friday, July 3.
At the same time, he emphasized that the fundamental conditions of the Indonesian economy remain strong and are not heading towards a crisis.
In addition, Purbaya said the government continues to maintain stability through prudent fiscal management, strengthening economic growth, and increasing the effectiveness of various national priority programs.
"Our economy continues to improve. There are still challenges, but Indonesia is not heading for a crisis. Our economic fundamentals remain strong and will continue to improve," he said.
He added that economic growth is the accumulation of various economic activities of the community, and the government continues to encourage policies that can strengthen the real sector so that the benefits of growth are felt by the community.
In addition, Purbaya said that the government would ensure that inflation remained within a controlled range, and the weakening of the rupiah exchange rate was also considered to be more influenced by market sentiment than changes in the fundamentals of the national economy.
He said the stability of the financial system continued to be maintained through coordination with the Financial System Stability Committee (KSSK).
Purbaya also ensured that the condition of the state budget remained healthy and the budget deficit was maintained below the maximum limit of 3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), while the government debt ratio was still at a safe level compared to many other countries.
"Last year, the state budget deficit was in the range of 2.81 percent of GDP and this year is expected to remain below 3 percent. The government debt ratio is still around 40 percent of GDP, so it is still in the prudent category," he explained.
Purbaya also emphasized that, in every discussion of strategic policies at the cabinet level, the Ministry of Finance always presents an analysis of fiscal risks and budgetary impacts as a material for the President's consideration in making decisions.
According to him, all government policies are decided through joint discussions by considering the economic, social, and fiscal capacity of the country.
On the other hand, he added that reforms in the Ministry of Finance environment were also being strengthened, including eradicating irregularities in the taxation and customs sectors.
Purbaya emphasized that he would not tolerate the apparatus that was proven to have committed violations and various improvement measures were carried out through strengthening supervision, employee rotation, to taking action against individuals who were proven to have abused their authority.
According to him, this step is expected to be able to increase institutional integrity as well as strengthen state revenue.
"Misconduct certainly has risks in every organization. The most important thing is to control it, prosecute the perpetrators, and continue to improve the system so that it is cleaner," he said.
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