REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- President Joko Widodo promises to follow up on recommendations of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) about the results of its audit of the performance of the Central Government in the second half of 2017. BPK Chairman Moermahadi Soerja Djanegara said the president has given his word on it.

"The president, however, wanted the summary of the results of the audit to be set neatly," he told reporters after a meeting with the president here on Thursday.

Earlier Moermahadi said among significant results of audit by the BPK of the central government performance in the second half of 2017 were related to food import spending management and procedure.

He told lawmaker in a meeting here there were a number of irregularities showing noncompliance with the law regulations in the management and procedure of foodstuff imports by the Trade Ministry.

He said BPK then came to a conclusion that the Internal Control System of the Trade Ministry is not effective to call for full compliance with the law regulations.

Citing examples, he said imports of 70,195 tons of rice were not fully covered with required documents, over expiration date and having double number. In addition 200 tons of steamed rice were imported without recommendation from the Agriculture Ministry, he said.

He went on to say other examples of noncompliance that imports of 9,370 cows and 86,567.01 tons of beef and 3.35 million tons of salt in 2016 were not fully covered with the necessary required documents.

The Trade Ministry also did not have system to monitor realization of imports and discipline to reporting by importers.

Allocations of imports of white crystal sugar, rice, live cows and beef were not in line with requirement and domestic production.

Import approval for 1.69 million tons of sugar was not based on decision of a coordination meeting; and approval for the import of 108,000 tonsof red crystal sugar given to PT Adikarya Gemitang was not backed up with requirement data analysis.

Import approval given to state-owned Board of Logistics (Bulog) in 2015 for 50,000 live cows was issued not based on the decision made in a coordination meeting; and approval for the imports of 97,100 tons of beef with realization of 18,012.91 tons valued at Rp737.65 billion, was not based on a decision of a coordination meeting or recommendation by the Agriculture Ministry.

He said President Jokowi agreed with the BPK's recommendation that improvement is needed, adding related ministries should have the same data about foods.

Data from the Agriculture Ministry or the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry have to be checked and the data should match each other before import license is issued, he added.

BPK also carried out audit of the financial management by the Oil Palm Plantation Fund Management Body (BPDPKS).

The conclusion from the result of the audit was that management of levies and spending of plantation fund by BPDPKS and related agencies were not in line with the law regulation on management of levies and spending of oil palm plantation funds.

Audit of management of penitentiaries showed that the Law and Human Right Ministry is not fully effective in handling prison overcapacity in the aspect of regulation, policy and commitment.

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