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        "msgid": "ntb-dprd-chairman-admits-not-involved-in-discussing-governors-directive-programme-1776343881",
        "date": "2026-04-16 18:55:24",
        "title": "NTB DPRD Chairman Admits Not Involved in Discussing Governor's Directive Programme",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Legal",
        "summary": "In a corruption trial at the Mataram Corruption Court, NTB DPRD Chairman Baiq Isvie Rupaeda testified that she was not involved in discussions regarding a Rp76 billion directive programme from the NTB Governor, claiming she was unaware and uninvolved as per standard procedures for the DPRD chair. She recounted being informed by the head of BPKAD, Nur Salim, about the programme's funding sourced from cuts to the budgets of non-reelected DPRD members, initially requested at Rp120 billion but reduced to around Rp60 billion, and noted that she had advised the Governor against mid-year allocations as per KPK guidelines. The testimony highlights tensions over budget reallocations, with some former members expressing disappointment, underscoring issues of transparency and authority in regional governance.",
        "content": "<p>Mataram (ANTARA) - NTB Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) Chairman\nBaiq Isvie Rupaeda admitted before the panel of judges in a gratuity\ncase that she was not involved in discussions on the NTB Governor\u2019s\ndirective programme budgeted at Rp76 billion. \u201cSo, I had no idea at all.\nBecause when discussing the programme, the DPRD Chairman is not\ninvolved. Of course, the prosecutor knows how I feel, and I don\u2019t want\nto know,\u201d said Baiq Isvie in response to questions from the public\nprosecutor during the trial at the Corruption Court at Mataram District\nCourt on Thursday. She conveyed this stance to the panel of judges after\nhearing directly from Nur Salim, Head of the Regional Financial and\nAsset Management Agency (BPKAD) of NTB, about the Governor\u2019s directive\nprogramme. \u201cSo, at that time Nur Salim came to my house uninvited, he\ntold me about this programme and I said that\u2019s the Governor\u2019s authority,\ngo ahead,\u201d she stated. From Nur Salim\u2019s explanation, she assessed that\nher position had been limited in this programme. Because Nur Salim\nexplained that he had received a mandate from the NTB Governor to\nsocialise the programme to Indra Jaya Usman alias IJU, who is now one of\nthe defendants. Regarding the budget reallocation from cuts to the core\nthinking budgets (pokir) of former NTB DPRD members who were not\nre-elected for the NTB Governor\u2019s directive programme, namely Desa\nBerdaya, she admitted knowing about it from Nur Salim. She had initially\nreceived news from the NTB Governor about the executive\u2019s plan to cut\nthe pokir budgets of non-re-elected former members. \u201cInitially the\nGovernor asked for Rp120 billion, I said don\u2019t cut it. Then it dropped\nto Rp90 billion and finally there was a cut of around Rp60 billion,\u201d she\nsaid. As NTB DPRD Chairman, Baiq Isvie claimed she did not object to the\npokir budget cuts that had been stipulated in the Regional Head\nRegulation (Perkada) Number 02 in May 2025 through a decree from the NTB\nGovernor. She also admitted to reminding the Governor about a previous\nstatement by Dian Patria, Head of KPK Task Force V, during an audience\nwith NTB DPRD, that there should never be pokir allocations mid-way. \u201cI\nexplained that to the Governor, and if there are cuts, don\u2019t give them\nto new DPRD members yet, only during the revised regional budget. I\nreminded the Governor at that time, but it was still cut,\u201d she said.\nMembers Disappointed Over the pokir budget cuts for former NTB DPRD\nmembers who were no longer elected, she admitted that some of them came\nto express their disappointment. \u201cSo, it\u2019s not that they weren\u2019t\ninformed, in fact they knew first. They were angry at me, raging\n(emotional) at Mr Governor,\u201d she said. \u201cYes, indeed, there\u2019s no\nobligation for the TAPD (regional government budget team) to inform me.\nOnly to convey what will be discussed in the revised regional budget,\u201d\nshe added. In the continuation of the trial for the three defendants,\nnamely IJU, Hamdan Kasim, and M. Nashib Iqroman on Thursday, the public\nprosecutor presented Baiq Isvie along with three NTB DPRD Deputy\nChairmen as witnesses. They are Lalu Wirajaya, Muzihir, and Yek Agil.\nThe public prosecutor presented the witnesses one by one before the\npanel of judges, starting with Baiq Isvie as NTB DPRD Chairman.<\/p>",
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