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Alright, We are at Week #56 Edition #01 and the current theme for the contest is "Spend and Not to spend". All the participants need to share about how the government in their country spend their funds. Well there are 2 kind of spending based on the topic, The most wasteful spending and what kind of area that the money should have spent to. Well, I lived in Indonesia and I am going to share to all of you guys about how the government have spend the funds (state budget) which they are not supposed to spend for it and how the government should spend the state budget. Well, Let's get into the first idea :
The most Indonesian Government Wasteful Spending
Have you ever heard about World Cup U-20 which is planned to be conducted April 2023 in Indonesia? Indonesian Government has prepared the World Cup since 2020 and spent 500 Billion Indonesian Rupiah or equivalent with 33.6 million USD and now due to several problems in Indonesia, FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) has decided to cancel the World Cup which should be held in Indonesia and Now they are planning to arrange another country as replacement. Some news reports that The World Cup will be held in Argentina.
Well, What are the problems that cause the World Cup In Indonesia cancelled? All of them are mentioned below :
- Unprepared stadium infrastructure
- Kanjuruhan (Tear Gas) disaster which lead to 135 death people
- Security reason
Well, If we looked at the funds (33.6 million USD), These funds have been used to renovate several main stadiums such as :
- Kapten Wayan Dipta Stadium at Gianyar, Bali
- Mahahan Stadium at Solo, East Java
- Gelora Bung Tomo Stadium at Surabaya East java
- Jalak Harupat Stadium at Bandung, West Java and
- Jakabaring stadium at Palembang, South Sumatra
On the end of March 2023, FIFA has sent their delegations to do inspections to all of 5 stadiums above and Unfortunately the result was not fulfilling the expectation. As the final result, FIFA has to decide another country for the replacement of Indonesia as The host of World Cup U-20.
Well, as the Indonesian citizen, I am pretty disappointed with the Indonesian world cup organizing committee and PSSI (Persatuan Sepak Bola Indonesia), the Indonesian federation of football. They should have manage the world cup seriously so that the world cup can be held properly. I wish PSSI can take this as lesson learned and be better in the future.
How the money should have spent?
Well, as a football lover, I would suggest PSSI to not bidding as the host of World Cup first because we are not ready yet. It would be better if we use the funds to increase the quality of Indonesian Stadium first either for stadium grass, stadium lightning, stadium spectators seat, etc. Once everything is set up then PSSI can bid for the Host of World Cup U-20. That way, we can be more ready and confidence when the assessor come to evaluate the quality of stadium.
Another thing which I think it's very important to consider before bidding for the host of World Cup is PSSI have to hire expert supervisor who have the duty to manage the preparation and make sure that everything will be 100% ready. I think PSSI can hire the expert from developed country for it. The person who have high knowledge about football rules including stadium grass, lighting, and all other aspects to meet the criteria for the World Cup.
Well, all of Football lovers feels so disappointed with the cancellation of World Cup U-20 in Indonesia. Lots of critics were given to PSSI through many social media like twitter and Instagram to the official account of PSSI. Anyway, It has happened, All we can do is learn from the past to make us better in the future.
Alright guys. I think that's all I can share to all of you in this article regarding The most Indonesian Government wasteful spending so far this year and how the money should have spent to. Thank you so much for reading the post and I am looking forward to participate again in all of the Hive Learners contest. Feel free to leave your comments below if you have any opinion regarding this article, I would really appreciate that and .... have a great day :)
Notes : All the images are crated by me from bitmoji