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February 1, 2025 | 08:22 pm
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi clarified that the upcoming retreat for newly elected regional heads will be funded by the government, not by President Prabowo Subianto's personal funds. The Ministry of Home Affairs will manage the budget for this program, which prepares regional leaders elected in the 2024 elections.
"Not from Pak Prabowo, but from the government. The Ministry of Home Affairs will take care of it," Prasetyo said at the Senayan Parliament complex in Jakarta on Saturday, February 1, 2025.
During the previous Red and White Cabinet retreat, Prabowo used his personal funds to finance the agenda. Prasetyo explained that this was because the cabinet retreat happened in the early days of the new government.
"[The cabinet retreat] was conducted in the early days. [Now,] the budget exists," the Gerindra Party politician said.
He added that the government has not yet determined the budget for the regional head preparation program. The Ministry of Home Affairs will be in charge of organizing the retreat.
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Bima Arya Sugiarto said that the timing of the preparation program is still uncertain. The government will discuss the inauguration schedule of the elected regional heads with the House of Representatives' (DPR) Commission II next week.
"The sooner the inauguration, the sooner the preparation agenda will be held," he said on Saturday, February 1, 2025.
Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration, and Security Yusril Ihza Mahendra explained that the retreat is planned to take place after the regional heads are inaugurated. The goal is to align programs between regional and central governments.
"There needs to be synchronization between the central government and the regional government, and also the President's desire that all regional heads will be brought together just like the previous time when ministers, deputy ministers, and heads of agencies were gathered in Magelang, so that we have the same perspective," Yusril said at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta on Friday, January 10, 2025.
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