Thursday, 23 October 2025 – 15:00 WIB

VIVA – The difficulty of Regional Switch (TKD) funds that are mentioned to be saved in banks has sparked public consideration. Within the midst of the talk between the regional authorities and the Ministry of Finance relating to this matter, the Chairman of the DPD RI Sultan Baktiar Najamudin lastly spoke. He requested the 2 events to not polemicize with one another within the public sphere, however to work collectively to hurry up price range turnover so as to preserve the tempo of the nationwide economic system.

Sultan believes that regional heads must be extra introspective and give attention to strengthening the belief of capital expenditure, which continues to be comparatively low. However, the Minister of Finance does have the suitable to observe and supervise using all funds distributed by the central authorities to the areas.

“It is extremely pure that the Minister of Finance is offended with the phenomenon of APBD parking at banks up to now. As a result of the belief of spending in most regional governments has truly slowed down amidst the slowing economic system within the areas,” mentioned Sultan in his official assertion on Wednesday, October 23 2025.

Based mostly on information from the Ministry of House Affairs, as of September 30 2025, regional expenditure realization had solely reached 56.07 % or round IDR 770.13 trillion. This determine has decreased in comparison with the identical interval in 2024 which reached 57.20 % or IDR 817.79 trillion.

“Regional governments as implementers of regional autonomy definitely have the authority to control regional spending independently. Every regional head has his personal approach of contemplating many elements in managing regional funds,” emphasised the previous chairman of HIPMI Bengkulu.

In line with the Sultan, regional heads do have the authority to control regional funds independently in accordance with the ideas of regional autonomy. Nevertheless, each price range administration determination should be made by contemplating financial circumstances and neighborhood wants.

Moreover, the Sultan additionally assessed that the gradual realization of regional spending was not totally intentional. In line with him, this was extra because of the strategy of adapting to the brand new management after the simultaneous regional elections, which required time to regulate the imaginative and prescient and growth planning.

“We perceive that the gradual realization of regional spending is kind of attributable to the method of adapting the management imaginative and prescient and planning of regional heads after the simultaneous regional elections. We strongly imagine that not all regional governments intentionally place APBD within the type of deposits within the hope of revenue,” he defined.