Board Member Allowances Not Increasing, Chairman Of DKI DPRD: I Will Evaluate It

DKD / VOI DPRD Building

JAKARTA - Jakarta DPRD Chairman Prasetio Edi Marsudi emphasized that his party has evaluated the draft annual work plan (RKT) for council members in the 2021 budget year.

That way, all the nominal salaries, allowances, and socialization of the DKI DPRD in 2021 will remain the same as in 2020.

"I evaluate all of that, we don't have any (increases). Now, as the leader of the DPRD members, I say that everything is evaluated and returns to the 2020 APBD," said Prasetio at the DPRD DKI building, Central Jakarta, Monday, December 7.

Prasetio emphasized that the increase in salaries and allowances for each DPRD member, which was originally reported to have reached Rp. 173 million per month or Rp. 2 billion per year, is not a final figure. In the end, the DPRD decided not to increase the budget.

"In the working paper plan, it has not been confirmed. Then, (the draft) was suddenly circulating, not legally," said Prasetio.

Based on data on the income of DPRD members in 2020, the salary and allowances received are IDR 108,854,900 per month. Then, there is a tax discount of IDR 35,751,400 per month. Thus, the net direct income received by DKI DPRD members is IDR 73,063,500 per month.

For information, some time ago the increase in the RKT for the DKI DPRD in 2021 is being questioned. Initially, the preparation of this budget increase went cool without rejection from all factions. Until finally, one faction, namely PSI, expressed its opposition at the end.

Member of the PSI DPRD DKI Jakarta Fraction, August Hamonangan, explained his reason for participating in the meeting to discuss the special committee on the increase in the annual work plan budget (RKT) of the DKI DPRD.

During the RKT discussion, the PSI faction in the DPRD did not show any rejection because it still submitted the results of the discussion meeting to the DPW and DPP parties.

Until finally, PSI suddenly conveyed the rejection of the RKT increase in the general view of the factions at the plenary session of the General Budget Policy and Temporary Budget Ceiling Priority (KUA-PPAS).

"Until there is a general view at the plenary session, we say we reject, disagree with the increase in DPRD revenue in the RKT," said August on Thursday, December 3.

Based on the working paper before being evaluated by the Chairman of the DPRD, 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 total, the RKT for each DPRD member reaches Rp. 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 DKI DPRD from all factions, it takes a budget of IDR 888,681,846,000 in one year.