Deputy Minister of Finance Challenges Local Government To Report Monthly Regional Budget To The Public, Are You Ready?

JAKARTA - Deputy Minister of Finance, Suahasil Nazara, said that the use of state money by all government agencies must be properly accounted for. According to him, every rupiah collected comes from the people and should be used as much as possible for the welfare of the people.

One form of moral responsibility is periodic reporting to the wider community as a form of transparency in the use of the budget. Sua believes this step is a tangible result in maintaining public trust.

Suahasil then gave an example of how the Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani, regularly held open press conferences related to the use of the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget or the State Budget.

"The Minister announces the National Budget every month nationally", he said in a webinar entitled Information Security for Research and Technology Center on Tuesday, March 15.

According to Suahasil, local governments (local governments) need to do the same thing to maintain the credibility and integrity of state finances.

“Ladies and gentlemen in the regions must also describe their APBN in a regional and sustainable context. Hopefully, my friends in the area can do this", he said.

In fact, Suahasil offered the local government technology facilities owned by the Ministry of Finance to support the dissemination of state financial information to a wide audience.

“Use our information technology. Use the Ministry of Finance's information technology to build the narrative. Use your network to spread and unite the nation", he asserted.

For information, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani always holds a press conference on the State Budget as a form of reporting on the use of state money to the public. In the presentation, the Minister of Finance explained state revenues, the spending sector, the financing plan, and the latest state budget posture.

To note, in the 2022 State Budget Law, a state expenditure allocation of IDR 2,714.2 trillion has been stipulated.

Of this figure, IDR 769.6 trillion (28.35 percent) of which is the amount of the budget channeled to local governments through the Transfer to Regions and Village Fund (KTDD) scheme.