PDIP Warning: State Ministry Bill Don't Share Cakes

PDIP DPP Chairman Djarot Saiful Hidayat (center)/PHOTO: Wardhany Tsa Tsia-VOI

JAKARTA - PDI Perjuangan (PDIP) reminded that the revision of the Law (RUU) of the Ministry of State should not be used to distribute cakes in the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka government. Do not let bureaucratic diseases occur, empire building syndrome.

This was conveyed by the Chairman of the PDIP DPP Djarot Saiful Hidayat regarding the revision of the State Ministry Law which is being discussed in the DPR RI.

"PDIP gives a warning, providing input, don't let it happen, for example, the State Ministry Bill is only to distribute power, distribute seats, distribute cakes to accommodate various kinds of interests of political parties that won Pak Prabowo yesterday," Djarot told reporters at the PDIP DPP office, Menteng, Central Jakarta, Thursday, May 16.

Djarot explained that the empire building syndrome, which means building a kingdom, should be avoided. This is because this practice can lead to various negative accesses, one of which is sectoral egos to overlapping.

"The negative access to the growth of sectoral egos, overlapping with one another, fighting over the authority and resources, especially money and this is feared that there will be an empire building like this, it is feared that there will be more growth in collusion and corruption nepotism," he said.

Djarot said that the revision of the State Ministry Law should prioritize effectiveness and efficiency. "Do not let the amount of budget increase because of the discourse on adding the ministry," said Djarot.

The government has increased by the Ministry, meaning that the budget will increase. Increasing the Ministry means that later it will be more busy on how to coordinate these new ministries," he said.

Djarot admitted that he was surprised that the revision of the State Ministry Law was finally approved as an initiative bill for the DPR RI. However, PDIP does not mean that it just gives the green light.

"We have given a warning. We are facing serious problems such as poverty, food price spikes, rupiah weakening, increasing foreign debt, continuous natural disasters, which also require serious handling," said the former governor of DKI Jakarta.

"And of course this uses the budget and the government should focus on it," concluded Djarot.