The Minister Of Home Affairs Asks Regional Heads To Accelerate THR Regulations And 13th Salaries

Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian during the Press Conference on the Provision of THR and Salary 13 of 2024 at the Office of the Ministry of Finance, Jakarta, Friday (15/3/2024). ANTARA/HO-Puspen Ministry of Home Affairs

JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs Tito Karnavian appealed to regional heads to accelerate regulations related to holiday allowances (THR) and 13th salary.

"I instruct colleagues from regional heads, both governors, regents/mayors, there are several things. First, immediately prepare and speed up the determination of Regional Head Regulations (Perkada). So it is enough with Perkada, it does not have to be a regional regulation, which regulates the technical provision of holiday allowances and the 13th salary," Tito said as quoted by ANTARA, Friday, March 15.

He explained that the regulation on the provision of THR and 13th salary has been regulated in Government Regulation (PP) Number 14 of 2024 concerning the Provision of THR and Thirteenth Salaries to State Apparatus, Retirement, Pension Recipients, and Beneficiaries of Allowances in 2024, which was issued by the government on March 13, 2024.

"The government has the main principle of the government's philosophy of providing holiday allowances and 13th salary in order to express appreciation and appreciation for service as well as to maintain the level of people's purchasing power through the spending of state officials," he explained.

To prevent delays in providing allowances, the local government (Pemda) is expected to immediately prepare regulations related to THR and the 13th salary without going through the facilitation process by the Minister of Home Affairs and the governor.

"Including the acting governor and acting regent/mayor without the approval of the Minister of Home Affairs, so directly, if not later," said Tito.

The provision of these allowances is sourced from the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN), and for local governments it comes from the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD).

He emphasized that the amount of allowances received was in accordance with the provisions of the applicable regulations while still paying attention to the fiscal capacity and capacity of each regional government.

"We know that this local government has a strong fiscal one, marked by its large PAD, such as in Banten, Jakarta, but there are also those who are PAD and the central transfer is almost balanced, such as North Sumatra. There are also weak ones, weak means only central transfer, PAD is 5 percent, 6 percent," he said.