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Ada Pertanyaan? Hubungi Kami Fitri Novia Heriani, Andin Aditya Rahman
The Ministry of Finance will implement a new system whereby four state-owned banks will be appointed to distribute the 2013 National State Budget.
This new system stands contrast to the previous arrangement whereby the Ministry would tender the contract for budget disbursement to a competitive bidding process.
The four banks are Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN), Bank Mandiri, and Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI).
Directorate General of Treasury, Agus Supriatno, told a press conference (26/12) that, “direct appointment helps to avoid fighting between banks to become [budget] distributors.”
The official explained that direct appointment was based upon partnerships—indeed the banks are state-owned—and therefore there were no fees involved in the direct appointment, unlike before when the disbursing bank would necessarily be paid for its services.
Previously, the government would also have to distribute funds to regional banks, however the current system will enable the disbursement to flow completely through the regional branches of the four appointed state-owned banks.
Additionally, an electronic system will be implemented to streamline the efficiency of budget disbursement, appropriately named the National Treasury and Budgetary System (Sistem Perbendaharaan dan Anggaran Nasional).
Dwi Wibowo, State Management Director of the Ministry of Finance, told the press conference that he was optimistic about the new system.
“The purpose of this agreement is to implement [a system] based on information technology, so the budget distribution becomes efficient,” he said.
Bank Benefits and Service Improvement
Agus also emphasized that the four chosen banks will benefit from an increase in liquidity from budget funds, and—although he was short on detail—noted that it would produce an improvement in services as each bank competes to support budget disbursement requests.
After the press conference, Hukumonline interviewed Iqbal Latanro, President Director of BTN, who endorsed the cooperation and corroborated that indeed, “this cooperation uses a new system, and it will push banks to provide better services.”
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Fitri Novia Heriani, Andin Aditya Rahman
The Ministry of Finance will implement a new system whereby four state-owned banks will be appointed to distribute the 2013 National State Budget.
This new system stands contrast to the previous arrangement whereby the Ministry would tender the contract for budget disbursement to a competitive bidding process.
The four banks are Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), Bank Tabungan Negara (BTN), Bank Mandiri, and Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI).
Directorate General of Treasury, Agus Supriatno, told a press conference (26/12) that, “direct appointment helps to avoid fighting between banks to become [budget] distributors.”
The official explained that direct appointment was based upon partnerships—indeed the banks are state-owned—and therefore there were no fees involved in the direct appointment, unlike before when the disbursing bank would necessarily be paid for its services.
Previously, the government would also have to distribute funds to regional banks, however the current system will enable the disbursement to flow completely through the regional branches of the four appointed state-owned banks.
Additionally, an electronic system will be implemented to streamline the efficiency of budget disbursement, appropriately named the National Treasury and Budgetary System (Sistem Perbendaharaan dan Anggaran Nasional).
Dwi Wibowo, State Management Director of the Ministry of Finance, told the press conference that he was optimistic about the new system.
“The purpose of this agreement is to implement [a system] based on information technology, so the budget distribution becomes efficient,” he said.
Bank Benefits and Service Improvement
Agus also emphasized that the four chosen banks will benefit from an increase in liquidity from budget funds, and—although he was short on detail—noted that it would produce an improvement in services as each bank competes to support budget disbursement requests.
After the press conference, Hukumonline interviewed Iqbal Latanro, President Director of BTN, who endorsed the cooperation and corroborated that indeed, “this cooperation uses a new system, and it will push banks to provide better services.”
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