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DEFENSE MINISTRY PROPOSING RP1 TRILLION IN REVISED BUDGET
Jakarta, June 13 (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Defense is proposing a fund of Rp1 trillion through the 2009 revised budget to increase the preparedness and readiness of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI)'s main equipment system, a minister said.
Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said here on Friday that of the proposed fund, about 70 percent would be used for the maintenance and preservation of TNI's main weaponry equipment.
"Increasing budget for maintenance and preservation of military equipment is the main focus of our attempt to maintain the technical worthiness of TNI's main armament system," the minister said.
The minister said that the proposed additional budget for the defense sector was now being discussed by the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) and the finance ministry.
Sudarsno said that in the past five years he had reminded several times that the government's budget for the defense sector was limited. After all, priorities were always given to other sectors such as economy and people's welfare improvement.
Therefore, each time we propose a minimum defense budget of Rp100 trillion, the realization had always been one third of it, namely about Rp33 trillion to Rp35 trillion.
With a budget of that size, the ministry of defense has to be accurate in using the existing funds. After all, the fund allocation still has to be divided into the three services of the army, navy and the air force, the Ministry of Defense and the TNI headquarters.'
The funds are used to finance routine expenditures, good procurements and capital expenditures for each of the three sectors, the minister said.
In the meantime, the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I has agreed to increase the budget for defense and the military (TNI) by Rp10 trillion in 2010.
"We agreed to increase the budget for defense and TNI by Rp10 trillion in 2010 to promote education and training, maintenance and procurement of main weapons system equipment," House Commission I chairman Theo L Sambuaga said on Monday.
Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said here on Friday that of the proposed fund, about 70 percent would be used for the maintenance and preservation of TNI's main weaponry equipment.
"Increasing budget for maintenance and preservation of military equipment is the main focus of our attempt to maintain the technical worthiness of TNI's main armament system," the minister said.
The minister said that the proposed additional budget for the defense sector was now being discussed by the National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) and the finance ministry.
Sudarsno said that in the past five years he had reminded several times that the government's budget for the defense sector was limited. After all, priorities were always given to other sectors such as economy and people's welfare improvement.
Therefore, each time we propose a minimum defense budget of Rp100 trillion, the realization had always been one third of it, namely about Rp33 trillion to Rp35 trillion.
With a budget of that size, the ministry of defense has to be accurate in using the existing funds. After all, the fund allocation still has to be divided into the three services of the army, navy and the air force, the Ministry of Defense and the TNI headquarters.'
The funds are used to finance routine expenditures, good procurements and capital expenditures for each of the three sectors, the minister said.
In the meantime, the House of Representatives (DPR)'s Commission I has agreed to increase the budget for defense and the military (TNI) by Rp10 trillion in 2010.
"We agreed to increase the budget for defense and TNI by Rp10 trillion in 2010 to promote education and training, maintenance and procurement of main weapons system equipment," House Commission I chairman Theo L Sambuaga said on Monday.
