PDIP Agrees With The State Ministry Bill, As Long As The Number Of Changes In The Number Of Ministries Is Not Burdened On State Finances

Legislation Body (Baleg) DPR/DOK PHOTO: Naiin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - PDIP has expressed its position on the revision of Law Number 38 of 2008 concerning the Ministry of State which is currently being discussed by the Legislation Body of the DPR. PDIP agreed that the bill would be continued to level I discussions.

PDIP politician Putra Nababan views that in governance the number of state ministries must pay attention to effectiveness and efficiency. As well as the principles of governance of good governance and good governance.

"The PDIP faction is of the view, considering that the state has limited resources, therefore changes in the number of ministries must be regulated as efficiently as possible so as not to burden state finances," Putra Nababan told reporters, Thursday, May 16.

Putra considered that it was necessary to regulate the monitoring and review by the DPR on the implementation of the State Ministry Law as a form of checks and balances between the executive and the legislature. So that according to him, the wheels of government can run well.

"The PDIP faction is of the opinion that the addition of ministries in this article must add certain terms and conditions, including the ability of state fighting for each Ministry/Institution, must have performance indicators that can be assessed as effective," he said.

PDIP also considers that it is necessary to include an explanation regarding the country's financial capacity, such as considering the physical capacity of the central government to have more expenditure allocations for the people as a beneficiary group than for the bureaucracy, which is currently 50 percent for the bureaucracy.

"Regarding the discussion of amendments to Law Number 39 of 2008 concerning the Ministry of State, the PDIP faction of the DPR RI stated that the attitude of approving amendments to Law Number 39 of 2008 concerning the state ministry was discussed at the next level," he concluded.