DPR Member Urges Government to Finalise PPPK Financing Through State Budget

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Muhammad Khozin, a member of Commission II of the House of Representatives (DPR), has requested that the government immediately concrete the funding formula for Government Employees with Work Agreements (PPPK) in regions through the State Budget (APBN), particularly for areas with weak fiscal capabilities.

In a statement received in Jakarta on Tuesday, Khozin noted that this step is essential to address ongoing issues regarding PPPK salaries in several regions. “We urge the central government to concrete the funding of PPPKS in regions with weak fiscal capacity so that the APBN instrument can be utilised,” he said.

He mentioned that there are still PPPK workers receiving salaries of approximately Rp1 million per month. Furthermore, according to him, some PPPK employees have not received their salaries for three months, as is currently the case for hundreds of workers in South Bolaang Mongondow Regency, North Sulawesi.

Khozin reminded that Commission II of the DPR, alongside the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform, had previously agreed that the funding for PPPK in certain regions should be handled by the central government through the APBN instrument.

This conclusion, Khozin continued, was reached during a working meeting between Commission II of the DPR and the government in early June 2024.

Therefore, he believes the government needs to immediately realise the PPPK funding formula through the APBN to prevent salary issues in the regions from dragging on. “The central government must intervene to resolve PPPK salary issues in the regions. This is related to the effectiveness of public services in the regions to ensure they continue to function,” he said.