Economist: Prabowo’s Corrective Steps Efficiency Overcomes Budget Leaks
Jakarta – President Prabowo’s massive budget efficiency policy has received a positive response from various parties.
Senior Economist at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (Indef), Didin S. Damanhuri, said that budget efficiency is the right momentum for the government to close the leaks that have been happening so far.
Didin emphasized that Prabowo’s steps are very necessary corrective steps. Given the history of the Indonesian budget, Didin said that budget leaks have been a serious problem for a long time.
According to Didin, the budget efficiency of IDR 306 trillion still leaves quite a large fiscal space from the total APBN of IDR 3,600 trillion.
“Prabowo is not only doing efficiency from the aspect of official travel, but also has to find sources of leaks related to corruption and hidden corruption,” he said.
Chairman of Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Rifqinizamy Karsayuda also understands the policy. According to him, the Indonesian nation is currently facing a difficult economic condition as well as a potential crisis.
Similarly, Member of the Indonesian House of Representatives and Deputy Chairperson of the Coordinating Political and Security Affairs (Polkam) of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN), Bambang Soesatyo (Bamsoet) said that the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry agreed and fully supported President Prabowo Subianto’s policy of implementing budget efficiency.
“By implementing a budget efficiency policy, President Prabowo has given a message to government officials in all ministries/agencies and regions to be realistic about the current state of the country’s finances. In addition, the president also invited government officials to continue development programs by optimizing all potentials, and always providing the best service to the community,” said Bambang.
He asked the community and government officials to understand the current state of the country’s finances, by understanding the government’s courage to postpone the budget for infrastructure development.
“With budget efficiency, the president wants to ensure that governance at all levels will continue to run well and effectively throughout the current budget year. The main tasks and functions (Tupoksi) of all ministries/agencies and regional governments, especially those related to public services, are not disrupted,” said Bamsoet.
Bamsoet added that with the efficiency of government spending, the president indirectly encouraged all ministries/agencies and local governments to adjust the priority scale of development programs in each sector and sub-sector. Of course, the renewal of the priority scale must be directly related to the interests and welfare of the people.
