Not Maximum Budget Absorption, DKI Provincial Government Is Still Relaxing

DKI Jakarta City Hall. (Diah Ayu Wardani / VOI)

JAKARTA - Towards the end of 2019, DKI's budget absorption has not yet reached the target. Data on Thursday 26 December at 20.00 WIB, budget realization still reached 79.78 percent, of the absorption target of 85 percent.

Judging from the public website.bapedadki.net, there are five Regional Work Units (SKPD) whose budget realization is the lowest or not yet the maximum. The first position is the Department of Public Housing and City Settlement Areas, whose budget absorption is still 48.13 percent or IDR 876 billion of the total budget of IDR 1.82 trillion.

The second position is the Department of Water Resources, budget absorption is 54.9 percent or Rp2.12 trillion of the total budget of Rp3.87 trillion. The third position is Dinas Bina Marga with budget absorption of 61.3 percent or Rp2.31 trillion of the total budget of Rp3.76 trillion.

The fourth position is the Regional Tax and Retribution Agency with a budget absorption of 63.88 percent or Rp739.2 billion of the total budget of Rp.1.15 trillion. The fifth position is the Department of Human Settlements, Spatial Planning and Land with a budget absorption of 65.35 percent or IDR435.7 billion of the total budget of IDR 666.74 billion.

Responding to this, DKI Regional Secretary Saefullah responded casually. He argued that a lot of absorption would be carried out at the turn of the year.

"We close the book (budgeting) on Tuesday, December 31st. We hope that by 19.00 on that day, the budget realization will be in balance," said Saefullah at City Hall, Central Jakarta, Thursday, December 26.

Saefullah said, after closing the book, the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government will investigate the realization of each SKPD on January 2, 2020. From there, it will be known which services and service tribes have high or low budget absorption.

Even so, Saefullah doubts that budget absorption will reach the target of 85 percent. According to him, the maximum budget will be executed at 83.42 percent. "But this is better than last year, which only amounted to 81.78 percent," he said.