DPR Member: Additional Law Enforcement Budget Must Benefit the People

Jakarta (ANTARA) - House of Representatives (DPR) Commission III member Abdullah has demanded that every proposal for additional budget submitted by law enforcement agencies (APH) must provide real benefits to the people. He stated that all budgets managed by state institutions must return to the people in the form of service, protection, and justice. “Not a single rupiah of state money may be used without clear benefit to the public,” Abdullah said in Jakarta on Thursday. In the budget submission for 2027 to House Commission III, he conveyed that the National Police (Polri) proposed an additional budget of Rp66.1 trillion, the Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) Rp516.4 billion, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Rp989.3 billion, and the National Narcotics Board (BNN) Rp5.05 trillion. He said the proposals were submitted to support various programmes for strengthening law enforcement, eradicating corruption, preventing money laundering, handling cybercrime, combating narcotics, and improving public services. “What must be ensured is that every budget added and used by state institutions is truly directed towards delivering law enforcement that sides with the public,” he said. He stated that additional budget should not only be measured by the size of expenditure or the number of programmes run, but must also measure the beneficial impact felt by the public. Therefore, he requested that budget use by Polri, PPATK, KPK, and BNN must be able to strengthen public services, increase the effectiveness of crime eradication, narrow the space for corruption, eradicate online gambling, and sever narcotics distribution networks. “The measure is simple: whether crime figures decrease, and public reports are handled more quickly,” he said. According to him, the size of the budget managed by state institutions must also be accompanied by increased transparency and accountability. He therefore encouraged every institution to build a reporting system that is easily accessible to the public so that society can participate in overseeing the use of state money. “Transparency must not stop at administrative reports. The public must also be able to know how the budget is used and what results have been achieved,” he said.