Rejected By PSI, DPRD DKI Explains Details Of The Increase In Member Allowance Funds

VOI DOCUMENTATION / DKI DPRD Building (Diah Ayu)

JAKARTA - The increase in the DRPD DKI's annual work plan (RKT) budget in 2020 is being questioned. The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) faction refused, but other factions said PSI had agreed to the RKT discussion from the start.

In the draft APBD for DKI 2021, the RKT for each DPRD member reaches IDR 8,383,791,000. This budget is direct income in the form of salaries and allowances, indirect income, as well as socialization and recess costs.

So, if this is multiplied by 106 members of the DPRD DKI from all factions, it takes a budget of Rp. 888,681,846,000 in one year.

Chairman of Commission A from the DKI DPRD Democratic Faction, Mujiyono explained that not all of these budget increases will go into the private pockets of DPRD members. According to him, the increase in direct income was only due to housing allowances and transportation allowances.

"What increases is only housing and transportation allowances and that is in accordance with the regulations. Other allowances do not increase. The rest is for other activities for the community," Mujiyono told reporters, Thursday, December 3.

He explained that the housing allowance is proposed to increase from Rp. 60 million to Rp. 105 million per month for each council member. Meanwhile, transportation allowances increased from Rp. 21 million to Rp. 35 million.

"The total increase in allowances is Rp. 59 million, deducted by income tax, multiplied by 90 percent, it becomes Rp. 53 million," said Mujiyono.

Thus, the total direct income received by each member of the DKI DPRD per month is IDR 173,249,250 or IDR 2,078,991,000 per year.

If this is multiplied by 106 members of the DKI DPRD, the total direct income for all members of the DKI DPRD in a year is Rp 220,373,046,000.

In addition, Mujiyono said that the budget ceiling that made the RKT appear soaring was precisely related to the DPRD's annual activity budget to serve and absorb people's aspirations. This budget is not received directly by DPRD members, but resides at the DPRD DKI Secretariat.

These activities include pre-draft localization socialization, nationality socialization, work visits within the province, faction guidance, and commission field visits. In addition, there is an increase in the quantity of regional regulation socialization from two times a month to four times.

"So, the budget for this activity does not go to us, but to a third party who has already received approval from the DPRD. The purpose of this budget is to strengthen our performance in absorbing the aspirations of the community so that socialization activities are multiplied, we have plenty of time to meet the community," said Mujiyono.