BPK Hands Audit Reports to The Ministry of Finance and The Ministry of PPN/Bappenas
JAKARTA, BPK Public Relations – The Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK) handed Audit Reports on the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (Ministry of PPN/Bappenas) in Jakarta on Monday (27/07/2020). The Audit Reports were handed by BPK Board Member II, Pius Lustrilanang to the Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati and the Minister of PPN/Bappenas, Suharso Monoarfa.
The Audit Reports submitted to the Minister of Finance were Audit Reports on the State Treasury Financial Statements (LK BUN), Audit Reports on the Ministry of Finance Financial Reports (LK BA 015) and Audit Reports on the Indonesia Infrastructure Finance Development Project (LK IIFD) Year 2019. Whereas Audit Reports submitted to the Ministry of PPN/Bappenas was the Audit Reports on the Ministry of PPN/Bappenas Financial Statements Year 2019.
On that submission, BPK Board Member II mentioned some issues that became audit findings without any material impacts on the LK BUN, LK BA 015, and LK IIFD Year 2019 as well as LK Ministry of PPN/Bappenas Year 2019, so that BPK gave Unqualified Opinion on these four Financial Statements. BPK Board Member expressed his gratitude to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of PPN/Bappenas for the obtained opinion.
“The issues found do not have any material impacts on the financial statements so that BPK grants them with Unqualified Opinion”, said BPK Board Member II who were accompanied by Director General of Audit II Laode Nusriadi along with auditors of Audit Unite II.
BPK Board Member II further said that in accordance with Law Number 15 Year 2004 concerning Audit on State Financial Management and Accountability and Law Number 15 Year 2006 concerning the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia, BPK was also responsible for monitoring the follow-up of audit results stated in the BPK’s Audit Reports.
BPK Board Member II suggested the Minister of Finance and the Minister of PPN/Bappens to pay attention to the completion of the audit results follow-up. This was intended to make officials of the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of PPN/Bappenas could immediately follow-up all BPK’s audit recommendations so that the obtained Unqualified Opinion could be maintained in the next years.
The Audit Reports submission was conducted at each of the Ministry’s offices. The submission of the Audit Reports to the Ministry of Finance took place at the Ministry’s Head Office and attended by high officials of the Ministry. BPK Board Member II then headed to the Ministry of PPN/Bapenas to hand the Audit Reports on the Ministry of PPN/Bappenas Financial Statements. The submission was attended by high officials of the Ministry of PPN/Bappenas.