Ministry Of Religion Immediately Pays Arrears Of Honor For Non-PNS Catholic Religious Instructors With Budget Allocation Reaching IDR 14.6 Billion

Director General of Catholic Community Guidance at the Ministry of Religion Bayu Samodro. (Photo: Antara)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Religion will immediately pay the arrears of honorarium for non-PNS Catholic religious instructors in 2020 with a prepared budget allocation of IDR 14.6 billion. "In 2020, the honorarium for non-PNS Catholic religious instructors is still five months short. already available. The total budget of Rp. 14,618,000,000 is ready to be disbursed," said Director General of Catholic Community Guidance Bayu Samodro in a written statement received in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Monday, September 6. - Civil servants spread across 34 provinces in Indonesia. In 2020, the salary extension budget is only sufficient for payments for seven months.

Thus, there are still arrears for five months that have not been paid. This year, said Bayu Samodro, the budget has been prepared by the Directorate General of Catholic Guidance. "Non-PNS Catholic Religious Counselors have been working full-time for 12 months, so their rights must still be fulfilled. " he said. According to him, the Ministry of Religion together with the Catholic Church continues to pay attention to extension workers and journalists in the Catholic community. He advised that religious instructors should always pay attention to efforts to strengthen religious moderation and religious harmony. "Thus, through various processes and stages of state budget management, finally in August 2021 there is certainty that the non-civil servant instructor's honorarium has not been paid for five months in the Fiscal Year. 2020 is ready to be paid," he said.