IDR 86 Trillion Proposal For 2024 Election, KPU: Preparation For 2022 Stages Need IDR 13.2 Trillion

KPU chairman Ilham Saputra/VOI

JAKARTA - The General Elections Commission (KPU) proposes a budget for the upcoming 2024 Simultaneous Elections of Rp. 86 trillion. The budget proposal includes strengthening the KPU's infrastructure to the regions.

The chairman of the KPU RI, Ilham Saputra, said that his party proposed that amount of funds because there were still many KPU offices in the regions that were rented and lent by the regional government.

“Because our proposed budget includes strengthening our infrastructure, including building construction. Many of our offices are rented and some are loaned by the local government,” Ilham said while attending a working meeting with Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Thursday, September 16.

The KPU also proposes a budget of Rp. 13.295 trillion in 2022 for the preparation stage for the 2024 General Election.

However, according to Ilham, the amount of budget available from the Ministry of Finance is still far from the needs of the General Elections Commission (KPU).

"What now exists with the Ministry of Finance is only IDR 2 trillion. The KPU's budget needs for the 2022 budget year, we hope to be approved for IDR 13,295,842,682,000," he explained.

The needs for the 2022 fiscal year, said Ilham, must be handled by KPU work units starting from the central, provincial and district/city levels.

"So the proposed shortfall is Rp. 10 trillion," he said.

The details of the budget consist of Rp. 8.4 trillion from the 2021 State Budget or 10 percent, and Rp. 13.2 trillion from the 2022 State Budget or 15 percent.

Then, Rp 24.9 trillion from the 2023 State Budget or 29 percent, Rp 36.5 trillion from the 2024 State Budget or 42 percent, and Rp 3.09 trillion from the 2025 State Budget or 4 percent.

The budget is outside the budget for holding simultaneous regional head elections (pilkada) in 2024, the proposed budget of which reaches Rp. 26.2 trillion, sourced from the APBD in 2023 and 2024.