The Cost For The 2024 Trenggalek Regional Election, Including Choosing The Governor Of East Java, Is Proposed To Be Rp93.5 Billion

Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash

JAKARTA - The budget for holding regional head elections and gubernatorial elections to be held in 2024 in Trenggalek Regency, East Java is estimated to reach Rp93.5 billion.

The nominal amount of the budget estimate was conveyed by the Chair of the Trenggalek DPRD Special Committee, Sukarodin after discussing the Ranperda on Reserving Funds for the General Elections at the Trenggalek DPRD office, Monday, February 21.

"The KPU proposed around Rp. 75 billion, while Bawaslu was around Rp. 18.5 billion. So the total budget requirement is approximately Rp. 93.5 billion," said Sukarodin quoted from Antara.

During the previous regional head elections, the total budget allocated to the KPU and Bawaslu was around IDR 51 billion.

However, because the Trenggalek 2024 Pilkada coincided with the East Java gubernatorial election, so there were different needs in the implementation of the democratic party. However, this figure is not final, it is still limited to the submission of needs.

"The first reason is the issue of price, then in the past it was only Pilbup, but 2024 will coincide with the Pilgub. When it comes to how much is ideal, consider our financial capacity. Then the question of being fulfilled 100 percent or not is up to the executive. scrutiny in the forum," he said.

Sukarodin added, apart from the regional government, the need for the implementation of the democratic party would be supported by 14 percent from the provincial government.

To prepare for that, his party is finalizing regulations as a basis for saving the needs for the implementation which will later be implemented in four stages.

"Indeed, there is a 14 percent 'sharing' from the Province, but in my opinion it is a small number. We ask the Regional Finance Agency about our financial capacity in 2022, then how much can be saved, still waiting for the Supreme Audit Agency's examination. Later the shortfall will be allocated to the main APBD 2023, then APBD-P 2023 and APBD 2024," explained Sukarodin.

Confirmed separately, the Chairperson of the Trenggalek KPUD Gembong Derita Hadi said that the increase in the value of the proposal for the planning for the implementation of the democratic party was influenced by several factors. Among them are the plan to procure personal protective equipment (PPE) to increase salaries for ad-hoc agency officers to the implementation of two democratic parties held simultaneously.

"For the first Pilbup, the need for PPE was assisted by the central government through the state budget, almost Rp. 15 billion. Previously, the district government was not burdened with PPE (APD) now, we are anticipating this. Then the matter of ad-hoc agency officers in the past was actually far from feasible, the small fee now we want increase. Then now (2024) the implementation is also a lot, "said Gembong giving an explanation.