Tito lambasts ‘wrong mindset’ in budget policies


Worried leader: Tito (third from left), with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (centre) and Bali governor I Wayan Koster at the recent G20 Summit in Bali. The minister is unhappy that local administrations had only spent 62% of their annual regional budgets. — Reuters

JAKARTA: Home Minister Tito Karnavian has criticised regional decision-makers for not doing enough to spend funds they have received to speed up investment and economic development.

In a meeting on nationwide investment organised by the Investment Ministry, the home minister complained that several regional leaders had the “wrong mindset” on the economics of budget spending and income.

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