The Chairperson Of The DKI DPRD Really Wants Anies Allowances To Be Opened After Crowded Increases In Council Allowances

Meeting at the DKI Jakarta DPRD Building (Diah Ayu Wardani/VOI)

JAKARTA - The chairman of the DKI DPRD, Prasetyo Edi Marsudi, urged the DKI Provincial Government to open the operational allowance for the DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan and the Deputy Governor of DKI Ahmad Riza Patria. This urge was conveyed twice in a row at the DPRD Budget Board (Banggar) meeting.

Prasetyo's insistence on knowing the nominal allowances for Anies and Riza was revealed after a lot of discussions about increasing the allowances for board members by Rp26.42 billion in 2022. Thus, the total allowance for 106 DPRD members is Rp177 billion in one year.

In the Budget Board meeting discussing the Ministry of Home Affairs' evaluation of the 2022 DKI Regional Budget Raperda on Tuesday, January 11, Prasetyo admitted that he did not want only DPRD members to be highlighted for receiving an increase in allowances. This is because Anies and Riza also receive an annual operational allowance.

"In this forum, please Mr. Regional Secretary through BPKD explain how many operations the Governor and Deputy Governor have and all their equipment? Let the public also know that the DPRD is always the one to blame, the DPRD again," said Prasetyo at the DKI DPRD building, Tuesday, January 11.

However, DKI Regional Secretary Marullah Matali could not answer because he did not bring data regarding the number of operational allowances for people number 1 and 2 in DKI.

Discussions continued at the Banggar meeting on Thursday, January 13. Prasetyo, who is also the Head of the Jakarta DPRD Banggar, again demanded that Marullah open the amount of Anies and Riza's operational allowances this year.

Marullah was apparently still unable to explain because he did not bring an explanation regarding the details of the DKI governor's operational allowance as requested by the Budget Agency at the previous meeting.

"So, the figure is indeed the percentage according to the PP, it reads like that. So the 'amount' depends on PAD," said Marullah Matali in the meeting.

On that occasion, Marullah only explained that the percentage of operational support costs for the governor of DKI according to Government Regulation (PP) Number 109 of 2020 is a maximum of 0.15 percent of Regional Original Revenue (PAD).

In Article 9 paragraph 1 letter F in PP 109/2020 it is stated that the operational costs of regional heads and deputy regional heads of provinces are determined based on the classification of PAD above Rp500 billion, the lowest is Rp1.25 billion and the highest is 0.15 percent.

Not satisfied, Prasetyo asked that nothing be covered up and must be transparent. He also described the atmosphere of the meeting like a child.

"This is like a child, how come the answer seems to be covered up. Why, sir? This is the time for us to be transparent. So, the public can see and judge," said Prasetyo.

Given that the explanation has not been satisfactory, the Chairman of the DKI DPRD asked the DKI Regional Secretary to provide a written and closed answer regarding the details of the DKI Governor's operational allowances from the 2018-2020 period on Friday, January 14 to the DKI DPRD.

"If you don't dare to be transparent and accountable here, sir, make a letter to me tomorrow, the answer, closed and as clear as possible," he added.