Four Important Points Resulted in the Law and Human Rights Ministry and Commission III Working Meeting

Jakarta, InfoPublik - Working meeting between Indonesia Law and Human Rights Ministry and Commission III generated four important points. The first point is Law and Human Rights Ministry is requested to increase government spending in 2016 in order to get the program and budget realization accomplished on time.

"State Budget Realization until May 2016 is Rp2,975,407,494,482 from the Rp9,351,863,581,000 2016 DIPA ceiling. If realization is not accelerated, the budget spending will not meet DIPA ceiling," said Vice Commission III Chairman Desmond Junaidi Mahesa in The DPR/MPR Building, Jakarta, Tuesday (6/7).

The second point, the proposed source of Non Tax State Revenue fund savings which reached Rp279,356,969,700 still requires the approval from President Joko Widodo.

Third, the Law and Human Rights Ministry receives extra budget to be submitted to the 2016 state budget plan (RAPBNP) which amounted to Rp1.3 trillion to finance coaching and correctional programs.

Fourth, proposing additional budget of Rp548,903,770,511 to be used for personnel expenditure amounted to Rp310,125,804,000, debt payments of prisoners’ consumption amounted to Rp228,821,077,236, debt payments of power subscriptions and correctional services amounted to Rp9,389,095,275, and non-operational goods spending amounted to Rp567,830,000.

"There are urgent things such as debt that need to be paid. Therefore we need to propose extra budget,” he concluded. (Translator: Siti Chodijah)