Structural allowances

Structural allowances

From Media Indonesia

I am very concerned to learn that, based on the Circulation of
the Directorate General of State Budget, the Professors must
return the "structural allowances" they have received so far to
the government. The amount of the allowance to be returned
varies, even it can reach Rp 20 million. It is ironic that this
case came up when the Association of Indonesian Teachers (PGRI)
was holding a meeting to elect new leaders. Essentially,
Professors are teachers whose task is to teach and educate
people.

We know for sure that the structural allowances are paid not
because of their mistakes, neither through ill-will. It is even
more shocking that they are required to return all the money by
September 1994. How could the decision maker do such a thing. It
is not easy for the professors to get the money in a short time.
For humanitarian reasons it might be necessary to discuss the
matter to find a humane solution to the problem.

Above all, the legitimacy of the decision of the budget
directorate general should be questioned. The structural
allowances are based on the Presidential Decision which cannot
possibly be annulled by a decision of an official of lower
echelon.

If all efforts fail, the case can be brought to the State
Administration Court to seek a fair solution.

HADARI

Jakarta