DPR Member Farah Puteri Nahlia Rejects Debt Ministry Of Defense Plan To Purchase Defense Equipment

Farah Puteri Nahlia (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Member of the House of Representatives Commission I from the National Mandate Party (PAN) Faction Farah Puteri Nahlia said her faction rejected the Ministry of Defense (Kemhan) plan to owe Rp1.7 quadrillion to purchase the main weapon system equipment (alutsista) with various considerations.

"The first consideration is that the purchase of defense and security equipment (alpalhankam) with such a large budget is rushed and has not been carefully planned," said Farah Puteri, quoted by Antara, Thursday, June 3.

He considered that in defense Indonesia needed to read the vision into a strategy, then become a defense doctrine to create a roadmap or "roadmap" in accordance with the Nawacita.

According to him, with an accurate and comprehensive reading of the threat, one will be able to find out what defense equipment needs are urgently needed or not.

"This consideration is solely a form of budget proportionality and a more balanced priority scale," he said.

The second consideration, according to him, is that Indonesia is currently facing the COVID-19 pandemic, because handling it is the government's top priority so that our economy can recover.

He said efforts to maintain the economic resilience of the community are more urgent and urgent to do, without reducing the strategic vision of strengthening military defense.

Farah Puteri said the third consideration is that the budget risks making Indonesia's debt bigger.

"Moreover, for the March 2021 period, the Indonesian Government's Current Debt has reached Rp. 6,445.07 trillion. So, every state financing should have logical consequences calculated and rationalization of its use," he also said.