JAKARTA - The General Election Commission (KPU) of the Republic of Indonesia proposed an additional budget of IDR 986 billion for the 2026 fiscal year. The request was submitted in a working meeting with Commission II of the DPR RI at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Monday, July 7.
Chairman of the Indonesian KPU Mochammad Afifuddin said that the indicative ceiling that the government has set for the KPU in 2026 of IDR 2.7 trillion is still not enough to support all priority activities.
The budget is completely allocated for operational spending and has not yet touched the core program for organizing elections.
"There is no budget allocation in the general election implementation program because it has not been allocated as the minister's letter and so on regarding the 2026 KPU indicative ceiling," Afifuddin said in a joint meeting with Commission II of the DPR.
Afif explained that the additional budget needs are mainly related to salary spending and performance allowances for CPNS and P3K that have been recruited in 2025.
In addition, the basic training costs for CPNS, which is a requirement for the appointment of civil servants, are also not covered by the initial budget.
"The need for salary spending and performance allowances for the 2026 fiscal year for CPNS is 2,808 people and P3K is 3,486 people spread throughout Indonesia, as well as the need for basic training training training for CPNS 2025 has not been budgeted," he said.
Not only that, a number of important programs that are national priorities have not yet received fund allocations. These programs include strengthening the election information system, data collection on a sustainable voter list (DPT), to voter education for beginners and vulnerable groups.
The Indonesian KPU is still overseeing three activities that are national priorities, namely strengthening or integrating the electoral information system, ongoing DPT data collection, and early-time voter education as well as vulnerable or marginal groups, but there is no budget allocation yet," Afif explained.
He added that other activities such as the management of the Legal Documentation and Information Network (JDIH), legal product counseling, and public relations management also still require financial support that is not yet available in the 2026 ceiling.
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Therefore, the Indonesian KPU proposed an additional budget of IDR 986,059,941,000.
"So this is for the program. Yang A is for salary needs and others. That's B for the program," said Afifuddin.
Commission II of the DPR stated that it would follow up on the request for further discussion with the government.
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