REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The government needs to push for faster implementation of its programs especially in the construction sector.

Implementation of construction projects is low as indicated by the spending of the construction budget, secretary general of the Indonesian Association of Construction Business People Andi Rukman Karumpa said.

Implementation of program in the construction sector could be accelerated with fund from the state budget, Andi said here on Monday.

He said the country's economic growth remained low in the first quarter of this year as growth has been driven only by the household consumption.

"Meanwhile, Indonesia is facing the risk of world oil price hike, current account deficit as the consequence of the law on mineral and coal and low prices of commodities such as crude palm oil (CPO)," he said.

The law on mineral and coal bans exports of unprocessed mineral, aimed at promoting processing industry in the country.

Earlier Professor FX Sugiyantoa of the state Diponegoro University said the government should issue a regulation on state budget planners to ensure optimization of state budget.

"There should be a regulation that state budget would be drafted by professionals instead of bureaucrats," the professor said.

He said there are many government officials in the regions not having adequate capability to draft budget for priority program in their respective regions.

The draft budgets proposed by the provinces, regencies and lower districts would determine the budget policy of the center, he said.

The center would prepare the national budget based on the drafts proposed by the regional administrations, he added.

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