Commission II Of DPR Agrees On KPU's Budget Limit IDR 15.9 T For 2023 And An Additional IDR 7.8 T

Illustration of the KPU logo. (Antara)

JAKARTA - Commission II of the DPR has approved the 2023 General Election Commission (KPU) budget ceiling of IDR 15.9 trillion.

The total budget consists of a management support program of IDR 1.9 trillion and a program for organizing elections in the process of consolidating democracy amounting to IDR 13.9 trillion.

The DPR's Commission II also asked the DPR's Budget Agency (Banggar) to include an additional ceiling of IDR 7.8 trillion into the KPU's 2023 allocation ceiling.

"Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives approved the Budget Ceiling of the Indonesian General Elections Commission (KPU RI) in 2023 of IDR 15,987,872,0001,000, - and approved the proposed additional budget submitted by the Indonesian KPU amounting to IDR 7,869,445,225,000," said Deputy Chairman of Commission II DPR, Junimart Girsang, reads the conclusion of the DPR Commission II meeting at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Tuesday, September 20.

Junimart detailed that the KPU's 2023 budget ceiling was IDR 15,987,872,001, consisting of a management support program of IDR 1,993,456,627,000 and a program for organizing elections in the process of consolidating democracy of IDR 13,994,415,374,000.

In addition to the KPU budget, Commission II of the DPR also approved the Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) budget of IDR 7.1 trillion this morning.

Junimart said the details of the funds were used for management support programs amounting to IDR 1,469,601,817,000 and programs for organizing elections in the democratic consolidation process amounting to IDR 5,634,220,000,000.

"Requesting the DPR RI Budget Agency to fulfill the proposed addition to the DPR RI budget, and add it to the 2023 Bawaslu RI Budget Allocation Ceiling (Definitive Ceiling) through discussion at the DPR RI Budget Agency," explained Junimart.

Junimart said that the budget ceiling agreement was a follow-up to the results of the consignment two weeks ago with the election organizers. The PDIP politician said the additional IDR 7.8 trillion proposed for the KPU and IDR 6 trillion for Bawaslu would be discussed at the DPR Banggar.

"So that it can be discussed in the budget agency and can be forwarded to the Minister of Finance to be realized. This is necessary because they work on a budget basis. Budget-based performance is not a performance-based budget. Without a budget they cannot work," said Junimart.