JAKARTA - Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Muhammad Tito Karnavian said that the 2026 Regional Kalimantan Award for Regional Government Appreciation was an effort by the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) to showcase the real performance of the heads of regional achievements.
Although he did not deny that there were a number of regional heads who had negative records in the administration of local government, the Minister of Home Affairs assessed that there were still many regional heads who showed positive achievements.
"Don't let us generalize that all regional heads are bad. This award shows that many regional heads are also good, who have achieved," said Tito in his statement in Jakarta, Thursday, as quoted by Antara.
The award was given in four categories, namely the reduction of unemployment, poverty alleviation and stunting reduction, government entrepreneurs/creative financing, and inflation control. The Minister of Home Affairs explained that the four categories reflect important issues in the management of local government governance.
"And the prize besides the trophy is also for the first place in fiscal incentives which are indeed regulated in the law on finance as much as three billion, the number two, two billion, the number three, one billion," he said.
He explained that the budget was sourced from the Ministry of Home Affairs budget. The award event was also divided into six regional governments, namely the Sumatra, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Java-Bali, Maluku-Nusra (Maluku, North Maluku, NTT, NTB), and Papua regions.
In the event held in East Kalimantan, the Ministry of Home Affairs partnered with Tempo Media Group. He believes that all the judging mechanisms are carried out objectively and professionally. Thus, the regions that receive awards are regions with good and positive performance.
On the same occasion, the Minister of Home Affairs also welcomed the proposal of the Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning (PKP) Maruarar Sirait to include a category of awards in the housing sector.
According to him, these indicators reflect the ability of regions to overcome various social problems in society, such as poverty, unemployment, and economic growth.
"He has proposed that the next wave of housing issues will be a contested issue. And I think it is important because it is related to poverty, unemployment, economic growth, and so on," said the Minister of Home Affairs.
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