RAPBD DKI 2023 Swelling Rp 1.2 Trillion, The Ministry Of Home Affairs Is Asked To Disrupt The Addition Of Budgets That Suddenly Muncule

Illustration of the plenary meeting of the DKI Jakarta DPRD. (Between)

JAKARTA - Secretary General of the Indonesian Forum for Budget Transparency (Fitra) Misbah Hasan highlighted the nominal Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget Draft (RAPBD) of DKI Jakarta 2023 which has been discussed by the DKI Provincial Government and the DKI Jakarta DPRD.

In this case, the DKI RAPBD swelled by IDR 1.2 trillion after going through discussions in Budget Board meetings and commissions at the DPRD recently.

Next year's RAPBD was agreed at IDR 83.7 trillion from the preparation of the General Budget Policy and the Temporary Budget Priority Ceiling (KUA-PPAS) which was set at IDR 82.5 trillion.

Misbah asked the Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) to cross out the budget that was suddenly raised in this RAPBD, in the evaluation process, before finally the 2023 DKI APBD nominal was ratified through regional regulations.

"This must be a concern for the Ministry of Home Affairs when evaluating the 2023 DKI APBD before it is ratified through a regional regulation. Items proposed activities that are not in the RKPD and KUA-PPA should be crossed out because they have the potential to be findings of the BPK (Financial Audit Agency)," said Misbah in a short message, Tuesday, November 29.

According to Misbah, the sudden increase in a number of budget ceilings did not belong. This is because, according to him, local governments cannot include the budget in the unequal RAPBD from KUA-PPAS.

"The amount of the budget at KUA-PPAS should have been used as the main reference. So, the additional budget of up to IDR 1.2 trillion does not necessarily occur," said Misbah.

Due to the swelling of this budget, Misbah is concerned about the possibility of a stronger budgeting process being carried out politically, compared to the participatory process and the technocratic process.

"Especially if the proposed additional programs/activities are not very relevant to the needs of the community directly," he said.

In the early hours of Friday, November 25, the DKI Jakarta DPRD Budget Agency and the DKI Regional Government Budget Team (TAPD) agreed on a DKI RAPBD worth IDR 83.7 trillion.

The amount was agreed upon in the deepening and final research meeting of the APBD draft document as a result of the discussion of five commissions at the DKI Jakarta DPRD with the partner Regional Apparatus Work Unit (SKPD/UKPD) over the past week.

"Today, it can be agreed that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Budget for the 2023 fiscal year is IDR 83,781,085,902,192," said Banggar Chairman Prasetio Edi Marsudi, Friday, November 25.

The increase in the value of the DKI RAPBD was caused by the addition of budget submissions in a number of DKI regional work units (SKPD) from the budget value in KUA-PPAS.

In addition, several regional-owned enterprises (BUMD) also received additional regional capital participation (PMD). The additional capital injection was received by Perumda Pembangunan Sarana Jaya, PT Jaktour, PT Jakpro, PT MRT Jakarta, Perumda Dharma Jaya. Then PT Food Station received PMD Rp89 billion, after previously not applying for PMD in KUA-PPAS.