Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Prabowo Subianto said Indonesia is cutting non-productive spending across ministries and agencies to close loopholes for misuse of state funds, as part of a broader push to improve fiscal efficiency.
“When we first carried out efficiency measures, we saved Rp308 trillion from the central government. Where did it come from? From expenditures that did not make sense. I believe that if this Rp308 trillion had not been cut, it would have led to corruption,” Prabowo said in a video statement released by the Presidential Secretariat in Jakarta on Thursday.
The president said the Rp308 trillion in savings resulted from an initial review of central…