BEKASI CITY – Bekasi Mayor Tri Adhianto estimates that the Regional Government’s Employee Expenditure for 2026 will reach 50 percent of the service needs required to provide public services.
Current employee expenditure is already at around 45 percent. This does not yet include the approximately 3,000 Contract Workers or Honorary Workers with R4 status, whose fate is being advocated by the Bekasi City Government to the Central Government to become PPPK (Government Employees with Work Agreements).
“Regarding employee expenditure, our spending in this area is indeed quite significant. Currently, it is already close to 45%, including those outside R3 and R4 status employees, as they are now part of next year’s service expenditure projections,” said Tri Adhianto during a meeting with the press at the Bekasi City Hall Plaza Building.
According to him, the fiscal capacity of the regional financial balance must be adjusted according to needs, as employee expenditure is considered to have started swelling.
“If this is already included in employee expenditure, it would account for nearly 50% of the Regional Budget (APBD), which we use for employee payments,” he said.
He stated that one of the best options for the Regional Government is to increase Local Revenue (PAD) to serve as a financial balance in the expenditure process.
“Therefore, the initial strategy I conveyed is that there will be no layoffs. We will retain all those who have contributed to public service,” he explained.
Additionally, his administration has outlined a strategy regarding the fate of honorary employees to ensure no one is disadvantaged by policy changes.
“But now, we are making efforts to increase our revenue. If revenue rises, the percentage will naturally decrease,” he added.
Tri remains optimistic that high employee expenditure will not lead to turbulence or potential payment failures.
“Yes, I am still quite optimistic because, in some regions, what they do is terminate existing contracts,” he concluded.
