PORTALJABAR, BANDUNG CITY - Acting Governor of West Java Bey Machmudin signed a Memorandum of Joint Agreement between the Governor and the West Java DPRD on the General Budget Policy Draft (KUA) and the Temporary Budget Ceiling Priority Draft (PPAS) for the 2025 West Java Province APBD.

The signing was carried out during the West Java DPRD Plenary Meeting at the West Java DPRD Building, Bandung City, Monday (29/7/2024).

This memorandum of agreement is the basis for regional officials to prepare a Budget Work Plan (RKA) and is compiled as material for preparing financial notes and draft regional regulations for the 2025 APBD.

"Today a memorandum of agreement has been signed, there are several priority programs for the regional infrastructure sector, namely smooth roads, BRT Bandung Raya, and BIJB Kertajati," said Bey.

Apart from that, Bey also prioritizes programs for repairing Uninhabitable Houses (Rutilahu), handling slum areas for the Natural Resources Management (PSDA) sector, including food insecurity, farmer regeneration, controlling inflation, industrial downstreaming, MSMEs, and investment.

Based on the results of the discussion, Bey explained that the 2025 KUA draft and PPAS draft targeted regional income of IDR 29.93 trillion and regional expenditure of IDR 29.74 trillion.

"Regional financing receipts amounted to IDR 424.58 billion and regional financing expenditures of IDR 616.81 billion, so the APBD volume was IDR 30.35 trillion," he said.

Bey appreciated all members of the West Java DPRD, TAPD and Regional Apparatus who had conducted joint studies and discussions so that income and expenditure targets could be allocated realistically.

"Hopefully all the development efforts that we have carried out, are currently carrying out and will carry out in the 2025 APBD can provide benefits to improve people's welfare," concluded Bey.