TNI Commander General Agus Subiyanto said his party had cut the budget for official travel to minimize state spending.

This is done to support the central government in minimizing budgets that are considered ineffective.

"We also got discounted on official travel costs, official travel was not effective, so it was trimmed," Agus said after holding a TNI leadership meeting (Rapim) at TNI Headquarters, Cilangkap, East Jakarta, Friday, January 31, which was confiscated by Antara.

This condition forced the ranks of the TNI to reduce some of the visit activities originally carried out by high-ranking officials.

Later, the budget that should have been used for visiting costs could be diverted to the needs of more important soldiers such as the construction of facilities for soldiers.

"We are looking for activities that are indeed effective, such as building barracks for soldiers, education, maybe we are more there," he said.

However, Agus did not explain in detail how much the TNI's official travel costs were cut.

Previously, President Prabowo Subianto instructed the government's budget efficiency of IDR 306.69 trillion in the APBN and APBD for Fiscal Year 2025 to maintain fiscal stability and support more optimal public services.

The target is contained in the document of a copy of Presidential Instruction (Inpres) Number 1 of 2025 concerning the Efficiency of Expenditures in the Implementation of the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN) as well as the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) for Fiscal Year 2025.

Through this Presidential Instruction, the President directed a number of state officials, ranging from the ministers of the Red and White Cabinet, the TNI Commander, the National Police Chief, the Attorney General, to governors, regents, and mayors to carry out budget efficiency measures in various sectors.

The main points of the inpres directive are the determination of the target for budget efficiency of IDR 306.69 trillion, consisting of IDR 256.1 trillion from the ministry/institutional budget, IDR 50.59 trillion from transfer to the regions.

In his instructions, the President directs all ministries/agencies to focus on public service performance.

The budget must be focused on improving public services, not just equitable distribution between regional apparatus or based on the budget pattern of the previous year.


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