DPR Secretary General Ensures Efficiency Measures Do Not Disrupt Legislative Services
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Secretary General of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Indra Iskandar, has assured that efficiency measures carried out within the DPR RI environment, in response to global fuel price fluctuations that could burden the State Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBN), will not disrupt legislative services and will continue to operate optimally.
According to him, there are three main focuses of efficiency undertaken by the DPR RI Secretariat General (Setjen), namely savings on fuel use for echelon I to III officials, regulation of electricity use in the DPR building complex, and tightening of official travel. Nevertheless, he assured that all these policies will not interfere with services to DPR leaders and members.
“We assure that this efficiency will not impact services to the Council. Support for the performance of the legislature remains the top priority,” said Indra in a written statement received in Jakarta on Tuesday.
He explained that this efficiency is a form of the DPR’s commitment to maintaining accountable and responsible state budget management.
“This step is part of a collective awareness to manage the state budget more efficiently amid global economic dynamics,” he said.
In addition, one policy that has been directly implemented is the regulation of electricity use in the DPR RI complex. Starting at 6:00 PM WIB, scheduled power shutdowns are carried out as part of energy-saving efforts.
According to him, electricity usage has remained high even though only a small portion of employees work at night. This affects overall building operations, including the use of lifts and other facilities that must remain active.
He stated that efficiency is also applied to the use of fuel for official vehicles. The DPR RI Setjen targets savings of around Rp1.5 billion in one year from this policy. The reduction is achieved through restrictions on the use of operational vehicles, including optimisation of an RFID-based fuel control system.
He also opened the possibility of implementing a work-from-home (WFH) policy on Fridays to reduce fuel use, particularly from employee shuttle bus operations.
“If we implement WFH on Fridays, the shuttle buses won’t need to operate. This certainly offers significant efficiency potential,” he said.
On the other hand, according to him, the DPR RI Secretariat General (Setjen) is also tightening expenditures for meeting activities. Meeting provisions, especially for short meetings, are no longer permitted as part of cost-saving measures.
Regarding official travel, he emphasised that efficiency is applied selectively. Official travel without high urgency will be restricted, while activities directly related to legislative functions will proceed as usual.
“For activities with high urgency such as bill discussions or public hearings requiring physical presence, we will still facilitate them. However, those that can be done online, we will encourage to be conducted virtually,” he said.
Besides that, he also stressed that the dynamics of DPR meetings related to public interests cannot be rigidly limited, including in terms of timing.
” Council meetings concerning public interests are highly dynamic in timing and cannot be restricted. That remains our primary concern,” he said.
With these efficiency measures, the DPR RI Setjen hopes to contribute to maintaining national fiscal stability, while ensuring the optimisation of the legislative institution’s performance in carrying out its representation of the people.