The Audit on the Financial Statement of BA 999.08 of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs Becomes One of the Considerations for Forming an Audit Opinion on LK BUN for Fiscal Year 2023
Jakarta, BPK Public Relations - The Audit on the Financial Statements of Budget Section on Other Expenditures (BA 999.08) for fiscal year 2023 of the Accounting Unit for Proxy of Budget User of State General Treasurer (UAKPA BUN) of Executive Management of Pre-Employment Card Program (MPPKP) is a financial audit at UAKPA BUN level aimed at supporting the audit on the financial statements of State General Treasurer (LK BUN) for fiscal year 2023.
This was conveyed by Board Member II of BPK Daniel Lumban Tobing when submitting Audit Report on the Financial Statements of BA 999.08 for fiscal year 2023 at UAKPA BUN MPPKP of the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs to the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto at the Ministry Office in Jakarta on Thursday (3/10).
"This audit is not intended to provide an opinion, but rather to serve as one of the considerations for forming opinion on the Financial Statements of State General Treasurer's Budget (LK BUN) for fiscal year 2023," explained Board Member II of BPK.
Furthermore, Board Member II of BPK explained that the objective of audit on the financial statements of BA 999.08 of Pre-Employment Card Program for fiscal year 2023 is to assess the compliance of budgeting and other expenditures with applicable laws and regulations. Additionally, the audit is conducted to evaluate the conformity of the accountability in managing other expenditures in accordance with established standards and regulations.
Board Member II of BPK stated that during the audit process, BPK still identified issues related to internal control systems and non-compliance with statutory regulations. One of the issues was some Pre-Employment Card Program beneficiaries did not meet eligibility requirements, resulting in the improper selection of 54,856 recipients.
"In addition, BPK also found an issue that monitoring of recipient attendance in online training sessions was inadequate, resulting in at least Rp10.46 billion of Pre-Employment Card Program of other expenditures for fiscal year 2023 ineligible for payment, " he stated.
In response to these issues, BPK recommended that Chair of Job Creation Committee direct the Executive Director of MPPKP to coordinate with related ministries/institutions on system integration through Application Programming Interface (API) alignment for blacklist data updates. Additionally, BPK urged a review and improvement efforts to enhance the effectiveness of monitoring and evaluating Pre-Employment Card Program.
Board Member II of BPK expected that the Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs to continue to encourage his staff to follow up on BPK's audit recommendations and to promptly resolve the recommendations provided by BPK.
"We would like to emphasize that the Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs is expected to provide an explanation regarding the progress of the follow-up on BPK's recommendations no later than 60 days after receiving the audit report," he stressed.
The meeting was also attended by Director General of Audit II Nelson Ambarita, BPK audit team, and high-officials of Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs and BPK.