JAKARTA- Dedi Mulyadi was officially inaugurated as Governor of West Java which took place at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Thursday (20/2/2025).

Met after the inauguration, Dedi emphasized his commitment to implementing more targeted budget efficiency.

According to him, efficiency is not just about cutting the budget, but shifting it from unimportant spending to spending that is more beneficial to the community.

"This inauguration is our momentum to straighten out our understanding of efficiency because so far efficiency has been understood as budget cuts. In West Java, efficiency is not cutting the budget, but shifting unimportant spending to more important spending. Party spending becomes useful spending and revelry becomes spending for the needs of the community," said Dedi Mulyadi.

Within a month, Dedi Mulyadi has reallocated the budget with a transition team formed by the West Java Provincial Government. The transition team consists of 11 people led by Dedy Mulyadi and consists of echelon 3 officials.

"From the budget financing calculation, we have changed the budget items from unimportant spending to more important spending. As of last night, the amount reached Rp 5.5 trillion. We hope to reach Rp 6 trillion," he explained.

Dedi also said that the funds from the efficiency will be allocated to several priority sectors, including education in the form of the construction of new classrooms (RKB) increased from IDR 60 billion to IDR 1.2 trillion.

"This is to build 3,333 new classrooms, new schools, and free up land for school construction in the next two years," said Dedi.

For road infrastructure, Dedi revealed, from IDR 600 billion to IDR 2.4 trillion to improve road infrastructure so that investment can grow.

Regarding investment, he emphasized that he would handle the problem of mass organizations that hinder investment by preparing the "Jabar Manunggal Operation" program to accompany companies and protect them from disturbances related to land acquisition, development, labor recruitment and waste production.

From the results of budget efficiency, the West Java Provincial Government will also allocate a budget to provide electricity connections for nearly 200,000 residents who do not yet have electricity, increased from IDR 20 billion to IDR 350 billion.

In addition, the home renovation program for the poor will be increased with a budget from IDR 20 billion to IDR 120 billion, with a fund allocation of IDR 40-50 million per housing unit.

In the health sector, the West Java Provincial Government will build new hospitals, assistant health centers, and provide 200 ambulances for remote areas.

PAD increase target

Dedi Mulyadi also targets an increase in West Java's Regional Original Income (PAD) from IDR 19 trillion to IDR 21 trillion.

Thus, regional spending will reach IDR 33 trillion, while the allocation of revenue sharing funds for districts/cities of IDR 6 trillion will be fully used for road infrastructure development.

"We are asking for an increase in PAD so that all the Rp6 trillion in profit sharing funds can be 100 percent used for road infrastructure development, and cannot be used for anything else," he stressed.