KPU Allocates Rp2.53 Trillion for Salaries, Allowances and Honoraria

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has allocated a budget of Rp2.53 trillion for employee expenditure in the 2027 fiscal year.

The budget covers salaries, performance allowances, and honoraria for the leadership and members of the KPU.

KPU Secretary General Suryadi said that in 2027, the KPU received a budget ceiling of Rp4.68 trillion.

When broken down by type of expenditure, the budget consists of employee operational expenditure of Rp2.53 trillion, or 54.05 percent.

Office operational expenditure amounts to Rp722 billion, or 15.43 percent. Meanwhile, the budget ceiling for non-operational expenditure is Rp1.42 trillion, or 30.52 percent.

“As a note for the leadership and members, the allocation in this non-operational budget is the budget allocation for the 2029 Election stages allocated in the 2027 fiscal year,” Suryadi said during a meeting with Commission II of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) on Monday (31/8).

In his presentation, Suryadi explained that the Rp2.53 trillion budget for employee operational expenditure is used to finance salary expenditure, performance allowances and honoraria for the chairperson and members of the KPU, totalling 2,785 people.

This is followed by 7,890 civil servants (PNS), 2,783 prospective civil servants (CPNS), and 6,846 government employees with work agreements (PPPK).

Meanwhile, the Rp722 billion budget is used to finance office service operations across 553 work units, namely the maintenance of KPU buildings, consisting of 312 owned properties, 48 borrowed properties, and 193 still rented.

It also covers maintenance of KPU warehouses, comprising 284 owned by the KPU, 209 borrowed, and 60 warehouses still under rental status.

Further allocations cover the maintenance of operational vehicles, electricity, telephone, water, and internet, as well as honoraria for 629 non-civil servant employees.

“Honoraria for financial management in 553 work units and support for election IT infrastructure in strengthening the election IT system, development of election IT applications which in 2027 are still in the stages we need to develop and prepare for Silon, Sidalih, and Sidapil for readiness of the stages in 2027,” he said.