Commission IX Of The House Of Representatives Approves The Proposal For Additional Budget Of The Ministry Of P2MI Of IDR 1.3 T

Minister of P2MI/Head of BP2MI, Abdul Kadir Karding, had a meeting with Commission IX of the DPR at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 22. (Nailin-VOI)

JAKARTA - Commission IX of the House of Representatives approved the proposed additional budget of IDR 1.3 trillion which was held by the Ministry of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI)/Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI).

This was stated by the Minister of P2MI/Head of BP2MI, Abdul Kadir Karding after a working meeting on the Discussion of the Plan to Apply for an Additional Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 of the Ministry of P2MI/BP2MI with Commission IX of the DPR at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Wednesday, January 22.

"The proposal for ABT (additional expenditure budget), we propose IDR 1.3 trillion for the following additional budget and thank God all leaders of factions and members, with a record of our ideals to protect the empowerment and good service of PMI must increase from year to year," Karding told reporters at Nusantara I Building, Parliament Complex, Senayan, Wednesday, January 22.

Karding detailed that the additional budget should be used in PMI protection and empowerment activities. As much as 91 percent of the total budget is used for this main interest.

"So our placement target is because our placement target from 267 to 400 thousand like it or not, we have to strengthen human resources, our advocacy, our services at once we have to open new markets. But don't forget the main quality of protection," explained Karding.

The new market in question, he continued, is the placement like in Europe. "So now we are exploring several countries in Europe other than Germany, we are targeting several countries to be open," he said.

According to Karding, the additional proposal of IDR 1.3 trillion must be managed optimally. Most importantly, he said, the DPR approved the proposed budget of the Ministry of P2MI.

"It's not enough that it's relative, but how will this budget be approved by the finance ministry and friends in Banggar first so we don't know how much the original is going out. Don't know yet, don't get me wrong," said Karding.

"This is a proposal approved by Commission IX and later if the issue is sufficient, it depends on the existing budget. We must not demand too much because the fiscal condition is very limited," he concluded.