Global Economic Growth Only 3.2 Percent, President: Need to Be Careful in Fiscal Management

According to the President, all countries today are also afraid of several things, such as the increase in oil prices and loan interest issues. "Everyone is afraid of these problems. Because even a slight increase in loan interest rates, the fiscal burden will be very, very large. Once again, therefore, we must be extremely careful in managing every budget rupiah that we have," he said.

The government has stated that they have long-term and medium-term work plans. However, to this day, the synchronization of programs between the central and regional governments remains a challenge. For example, the central government has built dams, but the local government has not built secondary to tertiary irrigation to ensure that the water from the dams reaches the rice fields.

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“This is what is called out of sync and out of rhythm. Everything must be inline with the RPJMN (National Medium Term Development Plan). Everything must be inline down to the regions. "So, I also want to remind the ministries, if they have plans, convey them to the regions that want to take place," said the President.

So, I also want to remind the ministry, if you have a plan, convey it to the regions that want to take place.

Build 42 dams

The President mentioned that the government has built 42 dams over the past 10 years. This year, it is estimated that 54-60 dams will be completed. Additionally, the government has also built 2,049 kilometers of toll roads, 5,833 kilometers of national roads, 25 new ports, and 25 new airports. However, these development achievements are not enough if local governments do not connect them with development programs in their respective areas.

There must be an economic return, it must be focused, don't let the budget be distributed to the departments, everything is given a priority scale, it's not clear. There is a 10 percent increase, everyone is given 10 percent. No it's clear what the priority is.

Apart from synchronization, President Jokowi emphasized that development programs must be results-oriented. The President also reminded again that the budget should not be used only for meetings and appeals. "There must be an economic return, it must be focused, don't let the budget be distributed to the departments, everything is given a priority scale, it's not clear. There is a 10 percent increase, everyone is given 10 percent. "It's not clear what the priority is," said the President.

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Development programs must also be right on target and strategic. In this way, the results of the budget taken from the APBN or APBD can really be seen because they are right on target. "Don't let me see that the budget for stunting for community health centers is given to the community health center and becomes a fence for the community health center. There is, don't say there isn't. There is. "It has nothing to do with stunting and pager," he said.

The President hopes that Musrenbangnas can become a connecting rod for the development agenda between the central government, provincial governments and district/city governments. "So that everything is in line and on target and the results are truly felt by the people," said President Jokowi.