Sri Mulyani Will Increase Papua Special Autonomy Fund

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani will increase the allocation of the Papua Province special autonomy (autonomy) fund. This plan is contained in the points of revision of Law Number 21 of 2001 concerning Special Autonomy (Otsus) for Papua.

"In this case there is an increase in the special autonomy fund from 2 percent to 2.25 percent of the national General Allocation Fund (DAU)," he said in a joint meeting with Committee IV DPD RI, Tuesday (19/1).

In addition, the government has also added the funding scheme to transfer funds through block grant and performance based schemes. Previously, Papua's special autonomy funds were only channeled through transfer funds through a block grant scheme.

Through this scheme, it means that the use of funds is submitted to regional governments in accordance with regional priorities and needs in the context of implementing regional autonomy.

"In order to increase the effectiveness of the special autonomy fund, we will combine block grants for direct transfer allocations, as so far, and based on the performance base. To ensure that the Papuan people really enjoy the special autonomy funds for both education and health facilities," he explained.

Meanwhile, the period for granting the Papua special autonomy fund is still 20 years. In order to increase the effectiveness of the use of funds, a number of ministries / agencies (K / L) will also provide guidance and supervision, including the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP).

Meanwhile, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has submitted a Presidential Letter (Surpres) regarding the revision of the Law on Special Autonomy for Papua to the DPR since 4 December 2020.

Previously, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD said the government was looking for the best regulatory formula so that Papua's Special Autonomy funds could be felt by the Papuan people as a whole.

"Because the funds for Papua are huge, but the elites are corrupted there. The people do not get it. We arrange how," Mahfud said in a statement uploaded to the official YouTube account of the Indonesian Police, Politics, Law and Security.