REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesian Audit Board (BPK) noted that internal control system (SPI) of ministries and institutions is weak. Member of BPK I Agung Firman Sampurna said there were 29 significant findings on the audit of Ministries and Institutions Financial Report (LKKL) in 2016 on 15 monitoring entities of State Finance Auditory (AKN) I.
The 15 entities among others Coordinating Ministry of Politics, Law and Securities, National Code Agency, National Intelligents Agency, National Security Agency, National Defence Council, BNPT, Bakamla, National Commission on Human Rights, Corruption Eradication Commission, National Drugs Agency, General Election Commission, Election Monitoring Commission, BMKG, and Basarnas.
Agung said the significant findings were caused by weak internal control system and disobedience to Constitution.
Eleven findings were related to weak internal control system. Among others were the insufficient actual basis, unfinished assets status, insufficient supplies administration, irrelevant use of state-owned properties, low cash management, insufficient patent receivables administration, insufficient grants administration and reporting.
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The 18 others findings were related to disobedience to regulation, among others bad budget management and responsibility, late fines of working packages, inappropriate procurement, more travel expenses, and others.
"BPK hopes that the ministries and institution followed up our recommendation. BPK also appreciated the ministries/institution which following up the finding within the ongoing examination," said Agung in Jakarta on Monday (May 29).
From the monitoring of BPK recommendation on 19 entities in AKN I during 2015 to semester 1 of 2016, 12,109 recommendation or 78.66 percents valued Rp 3.85 trillion were followed up as the recommendation.
Among all the LHP to LKLL in AKN I, there were four LHP LKLL got unqualified opinion. Agung said the other ministries and institution to makr their plan of finacial report improvement.
"This hope to be a guideline for ministries and institutions to optimize transaction data management and financial report," said Agung.