All Commission Leaders in the DPR Asked to Postpone Meeting to Discuss Budget Efficiency

JAKARTA, KOMPAS - The leadership of the House of Representatives has requested all commission leaders in the DPR to postpone meetings discussing the budget efficiency of ministries/agencies. This request for postponement is due to the government's budget reconstruction.

The postponement of this meeting is stated in a letter from the leadership of the DPR signed by Deputy Speaker of the DPR Sufmi Dasco Ahmad. The letter numbered B/197/PW.11.01/2/2035 was signed on Friday (7/2/2025) and addressed to the leaders of Commission I to Commission XIII of the DPR.

In the letter, it was mentioned that there was a request to postpone the budget efficiency discussion meeting from ministries/agencies (K/L) due to an upcoming budget reconstruction by the government. This was then responded to with a request from the DPR leadership to the leaders of Commission I to Commission XIII of the DPR to postpone the budget efficiency discussion meeting until the latest budget reconstruction is obtained.

"Together with this, it is requested that the leaders of Commission I to Commission XIII of the DPR postpone the discussion on the budget efficiency of their working partners. If there are commissions that have already conducted discussions, they are requested to hold another meeting after the working partners receive the latest reconstruction budget," as stated in the letter.

The Chairman of Commission VII of the House of Representatives, Saleh Partaonan Daulay, when met at the Parliament Complex, Jakarta, on Monday (10/2/2025), admitted to having received the letter. As directed in the letter, he, along with other leaders of Commission VII, agreed to postpone the budget efficiency discussion meeting with the working partners of Commission VII.

"Yes, we are temporarily postponing the discussion of the K/L budget until there are new directives later," said Saleh.

Saleh revealed that since this Monday morning, Commission VII had actually been scheduled to meet with the Ministry of Industry (Kemenperin). However, Commission VII and the Ministry of Industry agreed to temporarily postpone the meeting.

"This afternoon we have also scheduled a meeting with BSN (National Standardization Agency). That will also be postponed," said Saleh.

Saleh is reluctant to speculate on the reasons why the government ultimately requested the postponement of the budget efficiency discussion meeting with ministries/agencies. He asked that the matter be directly addressed to the government and the leadership of the DPR.

"However, we are sure that the government will prepare everything well. Including the allocation of this budget in all existing ministries/agencies," said Saleh.

Deputy Chairman of Commission XI of the DPR, Fauzi H Amro, also admitted to having received a letter from the DPR leadership. "We also just got the information today," he said.

The Chairperson of Commission X of the House of Representatives, Hetifah Sjaifudian, who also received the letter, said that the postponement of this meeting had been agreed upon by the government's working partners. Several ministries are currently being given the opportunity to complete their respective internal budget discussions to then be presented in the DPR.

"Maybe because (the discussion of budget efficiency) is quite serious, yes, so it can't be done carelessly," said Hetifah.