Regional Government Funds Deposit Rp234 Trillion At Banks, DPR Suggests Central And Regional Governments To Sit Together

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JAKARTA - Member of Commission II of the House of Representatives Ahmad Doli Kurnia responded to the statement by the Minister of Finance, Purbaya Yudi Sadivewa, who revealed that as of September 2025, as much as Rp. 234 trillion of funds belonging to a number of local governments were deposited in banks.

Doli said this finding was ironic amid objections raised by a number of Regional Governments (Pemda) related to cutting transfer funds to the regions (TKD).

Doli said, in principle, the state wants the development process in all aspects and regions to be sustainable. The DPR also hopes that the acceleration of regional development can provide support for the acceleration of national development.

"That is the importance why the central government has always paid attention to the central government so far that it has disbursed such a large budget every year in the APBN in the form of transfer funds to the regions. And we know that these are funds that have been needed by the development process in the regions," said Doli at the DPR building, Senayan, Jakarta, Thursday, October 23.

"Well, the irony is that a few days after a few days we learned that data information from the finance minister turned out to be Rp. 234 trillion in regional budgets that were not absorbed or in the bank and previously we also knew that there was a governor association throughout Indonesia coming to the finance minister asking and then protesting and then asking for additional budgets that were indeed lowered to the 2026 State Budget, from 2025 to around Rp. 900 trillion, then the policy limit of knowing the minister of finance, and Pak Prabowo's government added again around Rp. 40 trillion," continued the Golkar legislator. Doli admitted that there was a difference of around Rp. 200 trillion which was reduced from the 2025 to 2026 local government budget. In general, reducing TKD funds would make it difficult for local governments.

"We get data that around 80 percent of the Regional Government really depends on the budget or fiscal it comes from central transfer funds to the regions. So that's why we have been pushing so that, there is no budget reduction that can be managed properly," said Doli.

Doli assessed that the central government must discuss with local governments regarding what development aspects will be reduced.

Then, local governments must ensure that the management of transfer funds to the regions is carried out with good governance, clean and free of corruption, so that there is no leakage.

"The point is how the central government provides a budget to the regional government, it is shown that the speed of development is felt directly by the people by the community," said Doli.

Regarding local government funds depositing IDR 234 trillion in banks, Doli assessed that the central government and local governments must sit down together so as not to cause other interpretations.

"Therefore, I suggest that the central government, especially the finance ministry, may be coordinated with the interior ministry, must then sit together with all regional heads, both provincial and city districts, so that they can occupy problems, so that perhaps the regional head may not know that there is a budget that is not absorbed by Rp235 trillion," explained Doli.

"So on the one hand there are voices asking for additional but on the other hand, it turns out that there is a budget that has been deposited in the bank, this must be synchronized, so we have to harmonize. I think there must be a coordination meeting so that we know exactly what the obstacles are in this local government. Now, with a budget of Rp. 234 trillion, I think there will be no obstacles and it is natural for the central government to make decisions to reduce the transfer budget to the regions," he concluded.