Sutiyoso submits 2003 budget<\/p>\n
Novan Iman Santosa and Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
City Governor Sutiyoso officially submitted the 2003 City
\nBudget proposal which amounts to Rp 11.05 trillion with 59.79
\npercent of it to be spent for capital expenditures, as well as
\noperational and maintenance costs of public facilities.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso said the Rp 11.05 trillion budget would be come from
\nby the city's revenues of Rp 8.89 trillion and the other Rp 2.2
\ntrillion was unspent funds left over from the 2002 budget.<\/p>\n
"We will cover the shortage of the city budget this year with
\nthe rest of last year's budget," Sutiyoso said in a plenary
\nsession of the city council on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Last year's budget amounted to Rp 9.7 trillion with some Rp
\n5.7 trillion allocated for routine expenditures while the
\nremaining Rp 3.62 billion was allocated for capital expenditures.<\/p>\n
The governor said the 2003 budget allocated Rp 2.4 trillion
\nfor education and health, Rp 2.9 trillion for city facilities, Rp
\n793 billion for social and cultural expenses and Rp 450 billion
\nfor the economic sector.<\/p>\n
He said the budget also allocated Rp 460 billion for legal and
\npublic order affairs, Rp 157 billion for population affairs and
\nRp 632 billion for the natural resources sector.<\/p>\n
The budget also allocated Rp 3.94 trillion for administrative
\naffairs expenditures, including the wages of the city
\nadministration's employees.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso said the Rp 8.89 trillion revenue will be gathered
\nfrom taxes amounting to an estimated 4.63 trillion and the
\ncentral government allocation fund of Rp 4.23 trillion.<\/p>\n
Most of the city's revenue was derived from taxes, primarily
\nvehicle taxes, but only a small contribution of Rp 8.12 billion
\ncame from the dozens of city-owned companies.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso reiterated on Tuesday his agreement for the city
\ncouncil to review the Rp 9 billion fund which he allocated for
\nhimself.<\/p>\n
"It's OK, if the fund, including the morning coffee, is cut
\nback a bit," the governor told reporters after the plenary
\nsession, in reference to the high cost allocated for coffee which
\nwas revealed earlier and has much of the public in an uproar.<\/p>\n
Observer La Ode Ida, chairman of the Indonesian Forum for
\nBudget Transparency (Fitra), criticized last Friday the
\nallocation of the fund, including the Rp 90 million (around
\nUS$10,000 or Rp 500,000 per workday) for Sutiyoso's morning
\ncoffee.<\/p>\n
La Ode also was disappointed with the small allocation of Rp
\n26 billion for disadvantaged people in the 2003 budget,
\nespecially compared to the public order agency which will get
\nsome Rp 136 billion, mostly to evict disadvantaged people from
\ntheir houses and workplaces.<\/p>",
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