Mrs. Sri Mulyani, Election Budget For KPU This Year Is IDR 8.06 Trillion But Only IDR 2.4 Trillion Is Received

JAKARTA - The 2024 election budget is set at IDR 76.6 trillion, to be used from 2022, 2023, to 2024. This year, the General Elections Commission (KPU) requires an election preparation budget of IDR 8.06 trillion.

However, RI KPU member Yulianto Sudrajat said that currently, his party has only received a budget allocation of IDR 2.4 trillion. Thus, the election budget allocation that will be used this year is still less than IDR 5.6 trillion.

"What has been allocated to the 2022 KPU's DIPA (budget implementation list) is at IDR 2.4 trillion or still less than IDR 5.6 trillion. The KPU budget shortfall has been discussed in various RDPs and consignments with Commission II of the DPR RI and the principle is approved," said Yulianto to reporters, Monday, June 20.

Yulianto said that the reason the election budget allocation had not been fully paid was that the Ministry of Finance was still waiting for the issuance of a KPU regulation (PKPU) regarding the stages of the election.

Now, after PKPU Number 3 of 2022 concerning the Stages and Schedule for the Implementation of the 2024 General Election has been promulgated, the Ministry of Finance will discuss the budget shortfall.

In this discussion, the General Secretariat of the KPU and the Director-General of Budgeting of the Ministry of Finance will examine the addition of the election preparation budget for 2022 that is required by the KPU.

However, Yulianto continued, this discussion requires the approval of the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani as the State General Treasurer.

"Regarding the time when it can be discussed with the Director-General of Budget of the Ministry of Finance, it depends on the approval of the Minister of Finance to discuss," he said.

For information, the political contestation budget allocation in 2024 is IDR 76.6 trillion divided into three years, namely in 2022 IDR 8.06 trillion (10.52 percent), in 2023 it is IDR 23.85 trillion (31.12 percent), and in 2024 amounting to IDR 44.73 (58.36 percent).

In its use, this budget is divided into staged activities of IDR 63.4 trillion (82.71 percent of the total budget) and staged support of IDR 13.2 trillion (17.29 percent of the total budget).

The budget for the activities of the stages includes the stages of the election, honorarium for ad hoc bodies or election officials, logistics, as well as socialization and voter education. Meanwhile, the stage support budget includes the renovation of the KPU office, renovation of logistics warehouses, vehicle rental, KPU operational expenses, employee salaries, IT system support, to the recruitment of regional KPU members.