Jakarta, Feb. 11 -- Chairperson of Commission V of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI), Lasarus, has said that government budget efficiency should be calculated properly to avoid any negative impact on the community.

He cautioned that careless efficiency may have a domino effect on society, such as declining public welfare, high unemployment rate, and failure to achieve the economic growth target.

"It can affect welfare, unemployment rate, economic growth, and others, when in fact, the government is targeting a quite high economic growth," he said on Tuesday.

According to Lasarus, the use of the State Budget is not merely for profit and loss, since it should be able to trigger and provide a boost to economic growth.

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