Turun Dari Periode Sebelumnya, Kemendagri Wanti-wanti Kepala Daerah Geber SerapAP APBD Sejak Awal Tahun

Deputy Minister of Home Affairs John Wempi Wetipo. (ANTARA/HO-Kemendagri)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) has reminded local governments to increase the absorption of the regional revenue and expenditure budget (APBD) since the beginning of the year. "The average national revenue realization as of December 29, 2022, was 93.48 percent or IDR 1,113.12 trillion. This realization was 2.68 percent lower than the national average on December 31, 2021, which was 96.16 percent or IDR 1,123.73 trillion," said Deputy Minister of Home Affairs John Wempi Wetipo in Jakarta, Antara, Monday, February 2. Then, continued the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, the average national expenditure realization as of December 29, 2022 was 83.04 percent or IDR 1,081.41 trillion. The figure of expenditure realization is 3.12 percent lower than the national average as of December 31, 2021, which was 86.16 percent or IDR 1,098.29 trillion. "The realization of the APBD is still moving, because there are still many local governments that are consolidating with all SKPDs for the preparation and submission of budget realization reports as of December 31, 2022," he said. He said the reason for the slow realization of spending in the APBD for the 2022 fiscal year included, first, the late auction. Second, detailed engineering design (DED) planning is carried out in the same fiscal year as physical activities. Third, delays in the determination of financial management officials and procurement officials of goods/services, and fourth, the determination of technical instructions (juknis) for special allocation funds (DAK) from ministries/agencies. "Delay in administrative completion and accountability reports on the implementation of activities. Limitation on the capacity and quality of human resources in the field of financial management and procurement of goods/services. Lack of monitoring and evaluation from regional leaders and OPD leaders and regional work units," he said. The Ministry of Home Affairs said he had made a number of efforts to increase the absorption of the 2022 APBD. These include encouraging local governments to form a joint monitoring team between ministries/agencies, holding coordination meetings with related Ministries / Agencies, and conducting monitoring, evaluation, and analysis by going directly to the regions or virtually with the monitoring team. "The Ministry of Home Affairs conducts regional financial coordination meetings at the national, provincial and district/city levels. Implementing webinar regional financial series activities updates every Wednesday to encourage the realization of regional budgets and financial literacy, increasing human resource capacity," he said. Then, the Ministry of Home Affairs also held a socialization of laws and regulations and provided technical guidance on regional financial management. "The Ministry of Home Affairs encourages local governments to implement Minister of Home Affairs Regulation (Permendagri) Number 79 of 2022 concerning technical instructions for the use of local government credit cards (KKPD) in the implementation of the APBD," he said. Another effort, continued the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs by issuing a Joint Circular (SEB) between the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP), and the Government Goods/Services Procurement Policy Institute (LKPP) regarding the acceleration of the implementation of goods/services procurement in regional financial management. Then, the Ministry of Home Affairs said he also issued Circular (SE) Number 903/9232/KEUDA regarding the preparation for the implementation of the APBD for the 2022 fiscal year.