JAKARTA - The elected governor candidate for the 2024 Bali Pilkada I Wayan Koster said the policy of budget efficiency was more sharply implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic than it is currently.
"During COVID-19, 2020-2022, budget efficiency was carried out. It was sharper than the one in the President's instructions," said Koster as quoted by ANTARA, Monday, February 17.
Koster's budget efficiency policy will not hinder the implementation of his priority programs as governor later.
"It's not inhibiting, but maybe the capacity is reduced slightly,' it's a lot of travel. Incidentally, our Bali Province has a not too big impact. I've checked everything," he said.
Koster explained that the official travel budget was cut by up to 50 percent. Meetings, food and beverages, operations, maintenance, and physical infrastructure funded by special allocation funds (DAK) are components whose budget is cut.
"So, I checked. Incidentally, the infrastructure in Bali is relatively good. At least we need treatment. There is no problem," he said.
He said the efficiency policy in accordance with President Prabowo Subianto's instructions was a very good thing.
"To build a APBN, APBD, which is healthy fiscal, which is good for the center and regions, I think it is something very good for the regions to harmonize budget efficiency in programs in the APBD. I think it's good," he said.
The budget efficiency policy is a follow-up to Presidential Instruction Number 1 of 2025 concerning Expenditure Efficiency in the Implementation of the State Budget and the Regional Budget for Fiscal Year 2025.
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