Home Affairs Deputy Minister Urges DPRD to Ensure Natural Resource Management Benefits Local Communities
Wakil Menteri Dalam Negeri (Wamendagri) Akhmad Wiyagus has emphasised that Provincial Legislative Councils (DPRD) have a strategic role in ensuring that the management of natural resources (SDA) provides maximum benefits for local communities, rather than merely benefiting corporate shareholders. This was conveyed by Wiyagus while opening the II National Working Meeting (Rakernas) of the Association of Indonesian Provincial DPRDs (ADPSI) at the Prime Plaza Hotel Sanur, Denpasar City, Bali.
Wiyagus appreciated the theme of the II ADPSI Rakernas, which is ‘Strengthening Central and Regional Synergy in Energy and Mineral Resource Management to Strengthen Regional Fiscal Capacity towards a Golden Indonesia 2045’. The theme is considered aligned with the need to strengthen central and regional synergy across various fields, including the management of energy and mineral resources.
‘As representatives of the people, Provincial DPRDs must ensure that the exploitation of natural resources in their regions truly provides maximum benefits for local communities, and not just for corporate shareholders,’ Wiyagus said in a written statement on Monday (29/6/2026).
Wiyagus also stressed that the management of the energy and mineral resources sector can no longer rely solely on extractive economic models. Regions need to accelerate the transition towards new and renewable energy, encourage the downstream processing of commodities, and strengthen energy and logistics resilience to become more self-reliant.
He reminded that the management of natural resources must adhere to the constitutional mandate stipulated in Article 33 of the 1945 Constitution, which dictates that resources must be used for the greatest prosperity of the people. Therefore, the management of energy resources in the regions must not be entirely surrendered to free market mechanisms or corporate interests without state control.
Through the budgetary function, Wiyagus encouraged DPRDs to allocate the Regional Revenue and Expenditure Budget (APBD) more productively for the development of new and renewable energy, education, health, infrastructure, food security, service digitalisation, and strengthening the local economy. Meanwhile, through the oversight function, DPRDs must ensure that transfer funds, revenue-sharing funds, Regional Own-Source Revenue (PAD), and other income sources are used appropriately and provide tangible benefits to the community.
‘DPRDs are not merely regional political institutions. DPRDs are elements of regional government administration that possess the functions of forming regional regulations, budgeting, and oversight,’ he asserted. Wiyagus expressed hope that the II ADPSI Rakernas would not just be a ceremonial forum but would produce operational recommendations. These include strengthening regional fiscal advocacy, optimising revenue-sharing and transfer funds to regions, enhancing DPRD capacity, and strengthening regional regulations that support sustainable investment.
Also in attendance at the event were the Regional Secretary of Bali Province, Dewa Made Indra, the General Chairperson of ADPSI, Buky Wibawa Karya Guna, and other relevant officials.