Banten urged to submit draft budget

Banten urged to submit draft budget

SERANG, Banten: The Banten legislative body called on the provincial administration to submit its draft budget to enable the new province to begin functioning.

Banten's governor Djoko Munandar is scheduled in the near future to submit the proposed regional budget to the legislative council's plenary meeting for approval.

Djoko said the rejection of the first Rp 800 billion draft budget by the minister of home affairs related to the induction of a new governor.

The revised draft submitted to the council on Monday showed an increase in routine budget from the Rp 411 billion set earlier to Rp 489 billion, while development expenses remained unchanged at Rp 319.

"We will fight to make the amount of development budget equivalent to that of the routine." Djoko added.--Antara