Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives approved the proposed additional budget submitted by the Corruption Eradication Commission and the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) for the 2027 fiscal year after listening to explanations from the heads of the two institutions in a working meeting at the parliamentary complex, Senayan.
"Agreed? Okay," said Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives, Ahmad Sahroni, when asking for the approval of council members before banging the gavel for the meeting.
In the meeting, Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives approved the KPK's proposal to receive an additional budget of IDR 989,305,424,000 or around IDR 989 billion.
With this addition, the KPK's budget requirement in 2027 will be Rp2,222,100,661,000, or approximately Rp2.22 trillion, from the indicative ceiling of Rp1,232,795,237,000, or approximately Rp1.23 trillion.
On the same occasion, Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives also approved the proposed additional budget for the BNN of IDR 5,050,055,677,000 or around IDR 5.05 trillion.
Thus, the BNN's budget requirement in 2027 will be IDR 6,497,125,257,000, or approximately IDR 6.50 trillion, from an indicative ceiling of IDR 1,447,069,580,000, or approximately IDR 1.45 trillion.
"Commission III of the Indonesian House of Representatives will submit the results of the meeting discussing the indicative budget ceiling for the 2027 fiscal year to the DPR RI Budget Committee for synchronization in accordance with the mechanisms and regulations," said Sahroni.
Meanwhile, KPK Chairman Setyo Budiyanto explained that the additional budget will be used to support the development of digitalization, management of state officials' wealth reports (LHKPN), anti-corruption prevention and education programs, prosecution of corruption cases, and strengthening the anti-corruption information system.
Meanwhile, BNN Head Suyudi Ario Seto said the additional budget will be allocated for a number of activity clusters, including prevention, community empowerment, eradication, rehabilitation, supervision, human resource development, employee expenses, office operations, and strengthening narcotics laboratories.
