Ask For The Budget For Central Kalimantan Pilkada To Be Saved At The Regional Government-Owned Bank, DPRD: Who Should Support The Improvement Of Regional Banks?

Illustration of re-voting during the elections in April 2019. (ANTARA-Destyan Sujarwoko).

Central Kalimantan or Central Kalimantan DPRD member Freddy Ering asked KPU and Bawaslu as organizers to store the 2024 Pilkada budget at Bank Kalteng. According to him, this effort can advance the band owned by the local government.

"Who else should support the improvement of regional banks? If not all of us. So, it is better if the 2024 Pilkada funds are stored at Bank Kalteng, a state government-owned bank," said Freddy, in Palangka Raya, East Kalimantan, Thursday, January 5, as reported by Antara.

He continued, this effort was also due to the 2024 Pilkada budget in East Kalimantan, which was budgeted at IDR 180 billion, sourced from the East Kalimantan Provincial Budget. Therefore, he continued, this action could make the electoral organization's concern for the progress of Bank Kalteng.

In its service, the reach of Bank Kalteng has also reached all sub-districts in Central Kalimantan province, thus facilitating the distribution of funds for the implementation of regional elections to the lowest level.

"If there are various attractive rewards being lured from other banks, then it should be ignored. It's still better if it is stored in a bank owned by the regional government. The regional election funds are not sourced from the state budget or personal funds," said Freddy.

He also reminded that the placement and use of pilkada funds must be in accordance with the rules of a transparent and accountable mechanism. For this reason, if there is a reward received, either in the form of money, such as giro services or deposit interest, then it must be directly deposited into the state treasury or regional treasury.

Meanwhile, Freddy said, if what is received is in the form of assets or goods, such as land, offices, cars, motorcycles or computers, then it must go through an NPHD mechanism or a regional grant agreement note.

"This means that it is not personal, but is listed as an asset or property belonging to the region or or the state. The hope is that it can be understood together. The point is that we all have to care about raising Bank Central Kalimantan. Once again, if not who are we all," he said.

As is known, the leadership and members of the Central Kalimantan DPRD together with the local regional head have agreed and approved the budget for the 2024 Governor/Deputy Governor Election amounting to Rp180 billion. The budget was extracted from the 2023 and 2024 APBDs.

The approval was ratified after the Draft Regional Regulation (Raperda) on the 2024 Pilgub Reserve Fund was ratified as a regional regulation in a plenary meeting, chaired by Deputy Chairman of the Central Kalimantan DPRD Abdul Razak and attended by Deputy Governor Edy Pratowo.

"The budget of Rp180 billion for the gubernatorial election is provided in the 2023 APBD of Rp80 billion and the 2024 APBD of Rp100 billion," said Spokesperson for the Special Committee for the Raperda for the Reserve Fund for the Central Kalimantan DPRD gubernatorial election Mujahirin in his report during a plenary meeting.