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JAKARTA, BPK Public Relations - The Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK) conducted a virtual meeting with a number of Ministries/Institutionson Tuesday (May 26, 2020). The meeting was in regards with the exit meeting of the auditon the Central Government Financial Statements Fiscal Year 2019, after receiving the government's response to the concept of the audit report and the final assertion of the financial statements.

The virtual meeting was attended by BPK Chairman, Agung Firman Sampurna, BPK Vice Chairman, Agus Joko Pramono, BPK Board Member I, Hendra Susanto, BPK Board Member II, Pius Lustrilanang, BPK Board Member III, Achsanul Qosasi, BPK Board Member IV, Isma Yatun, BPK Board Member V, Bahrullah Akbar, BPK Board Member VI, Harry Azhar Azis, BPK Booard Member VII, Daniel Lumban Tobing and other BPK Officials.

Other participants included Finance Minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Defense Minister, Prabowo Subianto, Transportation Minister, Budi Karya Sumadi, Research and Technology Minister, Bambang Brodjonegoro, Agriculture Minister, Syahrul Yasin Limpo, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister, Arifin Tasrif, Environment and Forestry Minister, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Maritime and Fisheries Minister, Edhy Prabowo, Public Works and Housing Minister, Basuki Hadimuljono, Religion Minister, Fachrul Razi, Education and Culture Minister, Nadiem Makarim, Health Minister, Terawan Agusputranto, and Social Minister, Juliari Batubara.

The BPK Chairman in his remarks said that according to Law Number 17 Year 2003 regarding the State Finance, Law Number 1 Year 2004 regarding the State Treasury and Law Number 15 Year 2004 regarding the Audit on Management and Accountability of the State Finance, the government had an obligation to compile the Central Government Financial Statements to be submitted to the BPK no later than three months after the fiscal year ended.

"We fully understand the difficult situation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, the BPK is committed to timely complete its mandatory tasks supported by the use of information technology and the development of various new working methods and alternative testing measures”, the Chairman said.

"We appreciate the BPK Audit Team that had been continuing to carry out the audit task with all the risks, both by using alternative procedures to obtain evidences with reasonable assurance and by carrying out physical tests", he added.

The Finance Minister, according to the Law Number 1 Year 2004 and the Presidential Letter Number R13/Pres/02/2020 dated February 21, 2020, had submitted the unaudited Central Government Financial Statements Fiscal Year 2019 to the BPK on March 27, 2020. It was a consolidation of the State General Treasurer Financial Statements (LKBUN) and the Financial Statements of 87 Line Ministries (LKKL).

"As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the audit conducted this year was very different from those conducted in previous years. Never the less, the government is always committed to continue to improve the quality of management and accountability of state finances", the Minister said.

"For this reason, on several occasions the President hoped that the unqualified opinion could be maintained as it is the government's responsibility to the people to accomplish a good and accountable management of state finances", she added.

The BPK Board Member II in his remarks said that the audit on the Central Government Financial Statements Fiscal Year 2019 had its own challenges in facing the pandemic. The completion of the audit and its reporting were all finalized by working from home.