Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle faction at the House of Representatives said Sunday that the party would support the "aspiration fund" for legislators to develop their constituency but it must be "fairly" distributed.

The PDI-P faction chairman Tjahyo Kumolo told Tempointeraktif.com on Sunday that his party would support the deliberation of the "aspiration fund" proposal from the Golkar Party at the House, but the party would not support the current proposal where each legislator would get Rp 15 billion (US$1.6 million) in aspiration fund.

"If the distribution is based on each legislator getting Rp 15 billion, we will not support it. It must be based on the needs of each region," Tjahyo said.

"For example, my region in Central Java might need only Rp 1 billion for clean water facilities, so the remaining Rp 14 billion could be transfered to other regions that need it badly, such as Papua," he added.

In deliberating the proposal, Tjahyo reiterated that PDI-P legislators would pay more attention to programs in the region, rather than the funding. The aspiration fund, initially proposed by the Golkar Party, has drawn public outcry. Even the government has expressed its opposition.