JAKARTA - Said Iqbal, President of the Indonesian Parliamentary Committee (KSPI) and Chairman of the Labor Party, criticized the housing allowance for members of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), which reaches IDR 50 million per month, equivalent to IDR 600 million per year.
"The housing allowance alone is IDR 50 million, multiplied by 12 months a year, IDR 600 million. Where can you rent IDR 600 million? In heaven? That's so expensive," Said said during a demonstration in front of the DPR/MPR Building in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Thursday, August 28.
Said considered the allowance excessive and ironic, especially when compared to the plight of workers who have taken to the streets demanding wage increases.
"Even the DPR raises allowances arbitrarily, and salaries arbitrarily, with dancing. Where is their conscience? This hurts the people, it hurts workers," Said said.
Previously, Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Sufmi Dasco Ahmad explained that the IDR 50 million housing allowance for council members would be valid from October 2024 to October 2025, allocated for housing contracts during the 2024-2029 DPR term.
"So, the IDR 50 million is from October 2024 to October 2025. The money will be used for housing contracts during the five-year DPR member term," Dasco said at the Parliament Complex in Jakarta on Tuesday, August 26.
Dasco confirmed that the housing allowance would no longer be provided starting November 2025. However, he did not elaborate on the reason for the termination.
"So, when you see the list of allowances in November 2025, the IDR 50 million will no longer be there. Perhaps yesterday's explanation was incomplete, which caused controversy in the community," Dasco explained.
Dasco also added that starting November 2025, the total income of DPR members will not reach IDR 100 million per month.
"If the housing allowance is gone, of course it won't be that much anymore," he said.
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