Mukomuko Regency Government Commitment To Add Budget Shortage Of IDR 500 Million Bawaslu

The front atmosphere of the office of the National Unity and Political Agency of Mukomuko Regency, Sunday (4/8/2024) ANTARA/Ferri.

MUKOMUKO - Mukomuko Regency Government, Bengkulu Province, stated its commitment to increasing the budget shortage of the General Election Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) by Rp500 million through the 2024 Revised APBD. "We have submitted unexpected expenditure funds, but they were not approved by the leadership so we prepared them in the 2024 Revised APBD," said Head of the Mukomuko Regency National Unity and Political Agency Ali Muksin in Mukomuko, Antara, Sunday, August 4. The Mukomuko Regency, KPU, and Bawaslu governments have agreed on a budget for the 2024 Pilkada of IDR 34 billion. The agreement is contained in the draft of the Regional Grant Agreement (NPHD) which has been signed together. From the 2024 Pilkada budget, amounting to Rp26 billion for the General Elections Commission (KPU) and Rp8 billion for Bawaslu. Of the funds, as much as 40 percent have been disbursed, namely Rp11 billion for the KPU and Rp3 billion for Bawaslu. However, from the remaining 60 percent of the 2024 Pilkada budget, the budget for Bawaslu is only available at IDR 4.5 billion from the agreement contained in the NPHD of IDR 5 billion. Muksin explained that the local government did not use unexpected expenditure funds to cover the shortage of pilkada funds because Mukomuko was an area prone to natural disasters, so it needed funds to handle it. "These areas are classified as prone to natural disasters, such as earthquakes, floods, and landslides, so they require unexpected expenditure funds to handle them," he said. He added that unexpected expenditure funds in 2024 will be available at IDR 2 billion, less than the 2023 budget prepared for IDR 2.8 billion.

For this reason, based on coordination with the regent, it was decided that the additional shortage of 2024 Pilkada funds was allocated to the Revised APBD and the decision was approved by the regional head.