Government’s Budget Cuts Affect Various Key Projects

Monday, February 10, 2025

Key projects and public services will be affected by budget cuts. Employees struggle to work with the remaining funds.

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Minister of Public Works Dody Hanggodo (left), Minister of Public Housing and Settlements Maruarar Sirait, Minister of Villages and Disadvantaged Regions Development Yandri Susanto, and Minister of Transmigration Iftitah Sulaiman attend a meeting with Commission V of the House of Representatives at the Parliament Complex in Jakarta, February 6, 2025. Antara/Rivan Awal Lingga. tempo : 174503991316.

YEKA Hendra Fatika, a member of the Indonesian Ombudsman, has a grim outlook on the fate of employees at his institution this year. “It feels like getting paid for nothing. We come to work but just sit around. Unproductive,” he said on Friday, February 7, 2025. The cause is not laziness but the Ombudsman’s budget cut from Rp255.59 billion (around US$15.7 million) to Rp103 billion (US$6.3 million), a reduction of 59.7 percen

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