More Problematic Villages Emerge in Konawe
The legality of three regional regulations in Konawe, under which 101 villages that receive village funds were established, is believed problematic
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A house belonging to a resident of Lerehoma village of Anggaberi, Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi, as seen on Sunday (10/11/2019). Lerehoma village is inhabited by only 33 families and was established under the fictitious Konawe Regency Regulation No. 7/2011, but has been receiving billions of rupiah through the central government’s village funds scheme since 2017.
The legality of three regional regulations in Konawe, under which 101 villages that receive village funds were established, is believed problematic. Hundreds of billions of rupiah in village funds have been disbursed to the regency.
KENDARI, KOMPAS — The number of allegedly questionable villages receiving the village funds has increased in Konawe regency, Southeast Sulawesi. The latest probe has found a total of 101 villages, from the previous 56, that were formed based on three regional regulations that are strongly suspected of being problematic.