This Reason Buton Raya So New Province

Buton Palace. Foto: ButonPos.Com

Southeast Sulawesi News_ Kendari - Provincial formation Buton Raya increasingly open, after Central Buton (Buteng) and South Buton (Busel) into an autonomous region. Vice-Chairman of the Regional Representatives Council (DPRD) Southeast Sulawesi (Sultra) Nursalam said support so Buton Raya into a new province in Indonesia. He also rejected if the motivation autonomy Buton Raya only for the sake of their new powers.

"So that there is a new Parliament, so that there is Butonese governor. Things like this I do not agree because of the fact that some periods of Southeast Sulawesi governor ever held Butonese " said Nursalam, Sunday (08/02/2015).

Buton highway is considered important so that autonomous province because during the budget of Southeast Sulawesi Buton islands are reached it is not enough for infrastructure. General allocation fund (DAU) is calculated from the total land area and population. Buton island regions wider sea than on land is not getting sufficient budget allocation.

Nursalam disclose budget allocation down to the area of ​​Buton island is very little and it is a fact in the calculation of the budget. Examples Wakatobi can only Rp 4.5 billion budget from the budget of Southeast Sulawesi Rp 2.3 trillion.

In the past Parliament has supported the expansion of Southeast Sulawesi Buton Raya only at that moment the conditions are formed is still lacking. Now with the newly autonomous districts, the condition has been fulfilled.

"Now the main task of the Southeast Sulawesi provincial assembly Butonese especially our legislators to encourage the formation of provincial Buton Raya" word.

If Nursalam said Southeast Sulawesi into two provinces, the money supply will also increase so that the new autonomous region will also be independent.


Author: Muhamad Taslim Dalma (Jurnalis in Kendari)