JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Minister of Home Affairs Tjahjo Kumolo told the press on Thursday (June 25) that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has agreed to increase the assistance fund for political parties in next year’s state budget.
Minister Tjahjo said all related state departments and institutions will discuss the amount of the increase. Tjahjo also revealed that the Home Ministry suggested the raise of political party assistance fund of between ten to twenty times larger than the current amount of budget.
The PDI-P politician, moreover, stated that the government will improve the monitoring over the use of political party assistance
fund and impose more firm sanction to any party misusing the said fund. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)