Open AccessPENTINGNYA REFORMASI KEBIJAKSANAAN PEMERINTAH DALAM PENGHEMATAN BELANJA NEGARA
Author(s) -
Soenarko Setyodarmodjo
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ekuitas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2548-5024
pISSN - 1411-0393
DOI - 10.24034/j25485024.y2002.v6.i2.1951
Subject(s) - indonesian , debt , state (computer science) , obligation , deficit spending , government (linguistics) , business , political science , economic policy , finance , law , philosophy , linguistics , algorithm , computer science
Many people say, whether domestic or abroad, that Indonesia is one of the rich countries in the world. But, in the reality now Indonesia has a national debt to the foreign states of about US$ I 37 billions. That is amazing, it has been happening, due to the malpractice and inadequate policy making and public management of the "new order government "reigned by Suharto. Now, the Indonesian people inherited the obligation to pay back the national debt. Certainly, the effect to the public finance now is apprehensivible. The deficit financing will appear year by year with the hope that the Indonesian people will be able to get out of financial crises in the coming years for the development of the country.The deficit in the State budget of the year 2002 about Rp. 42 trillion is actually as like an Indonesian proverb: "Besar Pasak daripada Tiang", that litteral/y means: the pin-is too bigfor the mast".However, we must have the solution to overcome that deficit in a prudent way so that it is not hampering the development of the economic and social life in Indonesia.Therefore, it has been recommended that the selling of the asset of the state anterprises based on the natural resources must be taken into accurate consideration in relation with the future. We must remember, that "natural resources factor" is one of the natural determinant of powers of a State. We still have another way by economizing the expenditure particularly to evaluate the policies which have been arranged legally by unjust policy making. The related inappropriate policies must be revised or reformulated. The double income of pension of many ex-government and ex-political officials must be eliminated. It is an injustice.The priority of the several normative political activities must be effectively arranged, while we now are very busy with the strategic and operational planning of the implementation of the national policy. So, the plenary session of the People's Consultative Assembly in November 200I will not be effective and wasting a huge of money for this session. The economizing of public financing is necessary.The other way to get some more income in the revenue of the budget, is that the government has the courage to make a policy decision to take the authority in the management of the foundations which have been supervised and managed by Suharto 's family and their comrades. All of the assets in the foundations have something as a purpose for the social welfare or public interest and economical recovery in the society. So, the use of the money or assets of the foundations to cover the deficit in the state budget is reasonable.