The Jakarta Post:
With religious minority groups still suffering persecution and systemic corruption plaguing the Religious Affairs Ministry, questions have arisen as to whether the government’s decision to raise the ministry’s budget by an average of 25 percent annually since 2008 is justified.
A Finance Ministry report says the Religious Affairs Ministry’s budget increased from Rp 14.9 trillion (US$1.3 billion) or 5.7 percent of the total state budget in 2008 to 45.4 trillion or 7.3 percent of the total state budget in 2013.