TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The of Public Works and Public Housing Ministry is Rp413.5 trillion short on infrastructure budget for the period of 2015 to 2019.
"The new government's capability is only 67 percent of the budget required," the ministry's secretary-general Anita Firmanti said in Jakarta, Thursday, August 31.
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The ministry needs a total of Rp1,915 trillion to build infrastructure as planned, while the budget is only Rp1,289 trillion.
Of the Rp626 trillion budget difference, Rp194.4 trillion is covered by investments from public and private partnerships throughout 2015-2016.
To ensure that they have enough infrastructure budget until 2019, the ministry needs to Rp431.5 trillion, which it plans to acquire through a partnership under the government-to-business scheme.
IMAM HAMDI