BPK Hopes That State Administrators Do Not Take Advantage in The Situation Of Covid-19 Pandemic
KALIBATA, BPK Public Relations – The environment condition during the COVID-19 handling requires the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK) to implement various alternative procedures and the use of information technology. This was conveyed by BPK Board Member III Achsanul Qasasi during “House of Knowlegde” held by BPK Training Institute on State Finance Audit (Badiklat PKN) on Tuesday (23/06).
Achsanul stated there was different things in this context in which the COVID-19 created some burdens to us in carrying out the audit but remained in accordance with State Finance Audit Standards (SPKN). According to him, it was a challenge for BPK to be able to conduct audit on COVID-19 handling in a good and right way in the future.
“We surely do not want auditees to deceive us on COVID-19’s grounds, even make this situation that makes them (the auditees happy because our audit is considered to be never optimal,” Achsanul said during the distance learning.
Furthermore, Achsanul also emphasized that during the COVID-19 pandemic handling, integrity risks (in the form of fraud, corruption and abuse of authority) also increased, which surely could harm the state finance.
“The integrity risks, the state administrators take advantages of the fraud situation for political interests. This is what we called as being opportunistic because it is assumed as an extraordinary event. It is therefore permissiveness of the auditor will be tested here. Do we assume it as a finding or a part of usual thing,” he concluded.
The event with the theme “Social Safety Net in the COVID-19 Handling: Scheme, Risks and Mitigation, and BPK’s Audit Policy and Strategy” was opened by Director General of Badiklat PKN Heri Subowo and attended by approximately 200 participants consisted of Senior Officials from BPK. Acting as the moderator at the event was Director General of Audit III Bambang Pamungkas.
Some issues delivered by BPK Board Member was including Scheme of Social Safety Net in the Context of COVID-19 Handling; Risk of Irregularities and Mitigation under the Scheme of Social Safety Net in the Context of COVID-19 Handling; and BPK’s Audit Policy and Strategy on the Social Safety Net in the context of COVID-19 Handling.
With the presentation of some materials and points regarding the context of the audit, it was hoped that the BPK’s auditors would be more vigilant in carrying out audits in the future.