Herman Deru Urges Alignment Between Central and Regional Programmes: We Want the RPJMD to Go Ahead
What matters is how development proceeds; in other words, we want the RPJMD to go ahead. The RPJMD, which has been agreed as the incumbent regional head’s campaign pledge, and which has been agreed within six months with the DPRD and signed, is certainly awaited by the people, Deru said in a statement on Wednesday, 20 May 2026.
And what was discussed today is hoped to bring clarity and a bright spot for us to proceed with in the future, he added.
He said this during the National Seminar titled ‘Regional Bonds as One of the Alternatives for Regional Financing and a Public Investment Instrument’, on Tuesday, 19 May.
Deru hopes that the programmes implemented by the government are also linear or aligned with the programmes of regional heads in each area. In this way, regional heads need not worry, because they cannot fail to fulfil their campaign promises.
“However, the story of financing that is already entrenched, what if this region is injected, infused. Not in the form of money, if possible in the form of development spent by the central government,” he said.
“But it must be linear with the APBD that we approve, with the RPJMD that has been agreed (with the DPRD),” he added.
Regarding financing alternatives through a bond scheme, Deru said he would study it first. He hopes Sumsel can be a role model for its implementation.
“Regarding bonds, we will study them thoroughly. And perhaps, if possible, Sumsel could become a role model and we are ready to follow the guidance,” he concluded.
The event organised by the MPR RI began at 10:00 WIB on Tuesday, 19 May 2026 at Aston Palembang Hotel & Conference Centre and brought together various stakeholders from government, regulators, academia, and the finance sector to discuss the prospects of issuing regional bonds as an alternative funding for development.
This National Seminar is held amid the high dependence of the APBD on central government transfer funds such as the General Allocation Fund (DAU), Special Allocation Fund (DAK), and Revenue Sharing Fund (DBH). On the other hand, local governments are urged to become more self-reliant in financing development and improving public service delivery.
Therefore, regional bonds are seen as a strategic solution to strengthen regional fiscal capacity while opening space for public participation in public investment.
This event also serves as a forum to deepen understanding of the opportunities, challenges, and strategic steps for implementing regional bonds in Indonesia. In addition to being a financing instrument for development, regional bonds are seen as a potential public investment instrument involving the public and financial institutions in regional development.
Other aims of the activity are to improve understanding among local governments, legislatures, academics and the public about the concept and mechanism of regional bonds, and to encourage investor participation in regional public investment through capital market instruments. (ega/ega)