West Java DPRD to Review 2025 Budget Report Amid Delayed Payments and Revenue Shortfalls

The West Java Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) is set to immediately discuss the accountability report for the 2025 Regional Budget (APBD) as an evaluation for the provincial government, aiming to prevent future financial management issues such as low absorption rates and delays in strategic project payments. DPRD West Java Chairman Buky Wibawa stated in Bandung on Wednesday that the Budget Committee (Banggar) is scheduled to convene and dissect the draft bylaw on APBD accountability (P2APBD) in a marathon session from 8 to 10 July 2026. Buky aims for the budget accountability document to be rigorously, promptly, and thoroughly examined, before being reported back in a plenary session for a decision on 14 July 2026. ‘This is part of the DPRD West Java’s legislative, budgetary, and oversight functions to ensure that every APBD implementation is accounted for transparently, effectively, and accountably,’ Buky said. Deputy Governor Erwan Setiawan explained that the decline in revenue realisation in 2025 was influenced by an economic slowdown, a downturn in the automotive sector, changes in central government policy, and the implementation of the motor vehicle tax surcharge (opsen PKB). Beyond the revenue sector, the West Java provincial government was also forced to take the extreme measure of delaying payments on several strategic projects to prevent the regional treasury from plunging into a deeper deficit. Erwan also acknowledged that programme execution on the ground remains sluggish, particularly in the public connectivity sector. However, he stressed that the government views the success of the APBD not solely from high budget absorption rates. ‘But also from the tangible benefits felt by the community through reductions in poverty, unemployment, and stunting, as well as an increase in the Human Development Index (HDI),’ Erwan added.