Basuki: We Only Use 2014 City Budget, Not the Program

Jakarta Governor, Basuki Tjahaja 'Ahok' Purnama said many people have misunderstood about the using of Gubernatorial Regulation (Pergub) in 2014 City Budget Amendment (APBD-P) for 2015 City Budget. The using of previous year budget was interpreted to implement the same programs that have been developed in the past year.

For example, if the city had bought UPS (uninterruptible power supply) for Rp 1.2 trillion at the past year, we will not use the Rp 1.2 trillion to buy it again

"For example, if the city had bought UPS (uninterruptible power supply) for Rp 1.2 trillion at the past year, we will not use the Rp 1.2 trillion to buy it again. The budget will be used for anything else," told Basuki, Tuesday (3/24). 

He said, the Home Affairs Ministry will evaluate all programs in 2015 City Budget Draft before it passed into Gubernatorial Regulation. The evaluation will be same as the SKPDs activity while input the activity into e-budgeting system which was witnessed by City Council last time.

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"The process will be same as the past activity when I asked the legislative to monitor the inputting process of e-budgeting. The difference, we will be monitored by the Ministry for now. I guess this is the first time in the history that we are being monitored so tight," he explained.

As known, Jakarta Provincial Government had officially sent the 2015 City Budget Draft to Home Affairs Ministry on Monday (3/23). The document had been submitted after the City Government Budget Team (TPAD) received an official letter from the City Legislative who did not approve the 2015 City Budget evaluation result.

2015 Draft City Budget's document consists of 18 bundles of various activities' detail that are customized using the 2014 budget cap of Rp 72.9 trillion.