Administration to review its security incentives<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): In a move to improve security in the capital,
\nGovernor Sutiyoso hinted on Wednesday he would review the
\nincentives currently given to the police and military.<\/p>\n
He said the city administration currently allocated one
\npercent of its revenue from vehicle tax (PKB) and vehicle
\nownership transfer tax (BBNKB) each year to the headquarters of
\nthe Indonesian Military (TNI) and the city police.<\/p>\n
"Military headquarters receives 0.65 percent, while the city
\npolice get the remaining 0.35 percent.<\/p>\n
"We will review the incentive for TNI headquarters as both
\ntaxes are regional ones. The money will then be transferred to
\nthe city military command," Sutiyoso said at City Hall.<\/p>\n
"With the new scheme, the city police will get a larger share
\nthan the military, but we have yet to decide on the proportion,"
\nhe said, before demanding both institutions take their security
\nresponsibilities in the city seriously.<\/p>\n
In the 1999\/2000 fiscal year, both taxes contributed more than
\nRp 913 billion (US$1.1 billion) to the city's revenue, Rp 5.935
\nbillion of which went to the military headquarters. The remaining
\nRp 3.195 billion went to the city police.<\/p>\n
The incentive for the city police was regulated by a 1994
\ngubernatorial decree. Previously, all the money had been given to
\nthe then Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI) headquarters, a practice
\nit had enjoyed since 1978.<\/p>\n
The incentive was initially regulated in a joint decree by the
\ndefense and home affairs ministries on the establishment of a
\none-roof integrated vehicle administration system (Samsat).<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso said he was surprised to learn that the city police
\nreceived additional annual funds from the city budget of Rp 900
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
Earlier last month, city police chief Maj. Gen. Nurfaizi asked
\ncity councillors for a larger contribution to cover police
\ntactical and operational budgets.<\/p>\n
Nurfaizi claimed that the city police should receive more than
\nRp 6 billion everyday from both taxes.<\/p>\n
Data at the city revenue agency shows, however, that following
\nthe deregulation on completely built up (CBU) imported cars, this
\nfigure of Rp 6 billion was only reached on five days of the
\n1999\/2000 fiscal year. The average revenue is only about Rp 2
\nbillion to Rp 3 billion each day.<\/p>\n
Accountability<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, city councillors questioned the accountability of
\nsuch contributions to the security authorities, especially the
\ncity police, as they were always complaining of their budget.<\/p>\n
"The city police have already received funds from the central
\ngovernment. They should ask the central government for more
\nfunds, not the city administration," Posman Siahaan of the
\nJustice and Unity Party (PKP) faction told The Jakarta Post.<\/p>\n
"Ironically, the police has never been sincere on how they
\nspend the city-sponsored funds or their own budget. How can they
\nsay they need more money?" he asked, while citing that he had
\nurged the council to summon the city police chief.<\/p>\n
Separately, Nurfaizi said none of the annual Rp 900 million
\ncontribution had been corrupted.<\/p>\n
"All expenditure by city police can be accounted for," the
\ntwo-star general said after a meeting with officials from the US
\nEmbassy at the city police's headquarters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Nurfaizi said the city police had always been transparent in
\nall matters, including its expenditure.<\/p>\n
"All expenditure can be found in our bookkeeping forms," he
\nsaid, without giving details on which activities the funds were
\nused to finance.<\/p>\n
Acting city police spokesman Maj. Alex Mandalika also failed
\nto give any details on the way the city's contribution was spent.<\/p>\n
"You should ask the city traffic police chief Col. Nyoman
\nSukesna for a detailed breakdown of the city's contribution," he
\nsaid over the phone.<\/p>\n
"I don't know for sure on where funds have been allocated to.
\nI will have to ask the assistant to the city police chief for
\ngeneral planning," he added. (asa\/nvn)<\/p>",
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