Board Member I of BPK Delivers a Public Lecture on Financial Management in the Indonesian National Police
JAKARTA, BPK Public Relations – Board Member I of the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK), I Nyoman Adhi Suryadnyana gave a public lecture at Staff and Senior Leadership School of Education and Training Institute (Lemdiklat) of the Indonesian National Police (Polri), at Police Science Institute building, Jakarta, Tuesday (2/3).
In his lecture, Board Member I of BPK outlined the duties and functions of BPK based on legislation, and the relationship between BPK’s strategic plan and government as well as the National Police. In addition, he also explained duties and authority of Police, as a budget manager, starting from planning, implementation and accountability.
In addition to its numerous primary duties and functions as well as authorities, Polri serves as a proxy of budget user and proxy of goods user. These functions require working units within Polri to be able to make good budget planning, in order to support the implementation of their duties and functions every year.
"At the end of the Financial Statements period, Polri is required to submit financial accountability as well as assets used and managed to be submitted to stakeholders," said Board Member I of BPK in a public lecture entitled "Accountability of State Financial Management and Audit in Supporting Predictive, Responsible, Transparent and Equitable Polri (PRESISI) and Serving for Advanced Indonesia".
According to Board Member I of BPK, Polri differs from other institutions or ministries in that its task activities are regular and unchanging, and can be anticipated or foreseen. Polri tasks often implemented dynamically, depending on the situation and conditions of security and public order.
Therefore, Polri’s budget planning requires strong talents, including financial understanding and actual expertise managing Polri operations and activities.
"The proxy of budget user (KPA) as an authorized official and functions to carry out budget management in accordance with applicable regulations, the KPA within the Polri must be able to ensure that the budget owned can be used optimally, flexibly, can meet all the needs of carrying out its duties in one year but still must remain accountable," he concluded.
Director General of Audit I Akhsanul Khaq, Head of Lemdiklat Polri Commissioner General Purwadi Arianto, Head of Staff and High Leadership School of Lemdiklat Polri Inspector General Chryshnanda Dwilaksana, Head of STIK of Lemdiklat Polri Inspector General Nico Afianta, and students of Staff and High Leadership School of Lemdiklat Polri attended the public lecture.