Indonesia
Home Minister Tito Karnavian (left), who also chairs the task force for post-disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction in Sumatra, leads a coordination and evaluation meeting on recovery efforts on June 9 following hydrometeorological disasters in Banda Aceh. Attended by 23 regents and mayors from across Aceh, the meeting focused on accelerating recovery, strengthening coordination and improving regional disaster preparedness and resilience. (Antara/Irwansyah Putra)
The Home Ministry has instructed regional administrations not to furlough government contract employees (PPPK) despite mounting fiscal pressure, urging them instead to slash nonessential spending and reprioritize budgets before seeking central government assistance.Home Minister Tito Karnavian ensured that the government would help regions struggling to pay employees under the PPPK scheme, but only after they had exhausted savings from budget efficiencies, including cuts to travel, meetings and catering.
“We will identify regions that truly have limited fiscal capacity. But first, we ask the regions to implement budget efficiency measures,” he told journalists at the Senayan legislative complex in Central Jakarta on Thursday.
