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Jakarta Council to return draft budget if it does not accommodate Anies' programs
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Jakarta governor-elect Anies Baswedan (left) and his running mate Sandiaga Uno (right) react after quick-count results pointed to a victory for the pair during the runoff election on April 19. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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he Jakarta Council will return the draft 2018 budget to the city administration if it does not accommodate the programs of governor-elect Anies Baswedan and his deputy Sandiaga Uno, a councillor has said.
"If [the draft budget] has not included Anies and Sandiaga’s programs, we will return it," City Council deputy chairman Muhammad Taufik said on Thursday as reported by kompas.com.
Previously, city secretary Saefullah said the administration had included 3,000 activities that had been adopted from Anies-Sandiaga's programs.
The 3,000 activities are worth Rp 1 trillion (US$75.2 million), 1.3 percent of the Rp 74 trillion needed by the administration in 2018 to carry out about 7,000 additional programs, according to the draft budget.
The additional 7,000 programs have included those of all Jakarta working units.
"Anies and Sandiaga start leading the administration in 2018, so all programs in 2018 shall be those of Anies and Sandiaga," Taufik said. (vny)
