Palembang, The Indonesia Post – Acting Governor of South Sumatra (Sumsel) Elen Setiadi, S.H, M.S.E, was present in person at the Submission of the Audit Report on the Central Government Financial Report (LHP LKPP) for the 2023 Fiscal Year and the Summary of Semester Audit Results (IHPS) II of 2023 opened by the President of the Republic of Indonesia (RI) Joko Widodo, located at the Cendrawasih Room, Jakarta Convention Center, Jl. Gatot Subroto No. 1, Central Jakarta, Monday (8/7/2024).
In his remarks, President Jokowi expressed his appreciation and gratitude to the Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia (BPK) for carrying out the task of auditing state finances and continuing to improve its professionalism in its audit function.
“Also, I would like to congratulate all levels of the central and regional governments for the WTP predicate in this year’s government financial report. I have often said that WTP is not an achievement but WTP is our obligation, an obligation to use the APBN properly. This is the people’s money, this is the state’s money, we must feel that every year it is definitely audited, it must be checked. So, once again the obligation to use the APBN and APBD properly. And, also the obligation to run the APBN and APBD properly and the obligation to be accountable for it properly,” he said.
Jokowi further added that in the last few years the world has been full of turmoil, geopolitics, increasingly heated trade wars and also increasingly real climate change. Global economic growth is also slow, this year it is estimated to be only 3.2 percent and even an economic crisis has hit several regions.
“Alhamdulillah, we should be grateful for this, Indonesia’s economy and politics are very stable. The economy continues to grow above 5 percent, we know that in the first quarter of this year it grew 5.11 percent. Inflation remains under control. This is because BI and the Ministry of Home Affairs meet with regional heads every Monday to maintain inflation in each region. And also the implementation of the Election which also went well, all of this is our basic capital in building this country,” he added.
Jokowi hopes that regional governments must be able to take advantage of even the smallest opportunities, be able to take advantage of opportunities that are currently very narrow, therefore, accountability and flexibility must be carried out in a balanced manner.
“Although we know that deregulation has been carried out a lot, although debureaucratization has also been carried out a lot, we still find unsynchronized regulations, complicated bureaucratic procedures are still widely practiced in the field,” he added.
He also hopes that the structural reforms that have been carried out are important to continue.
“Continue synchronizing regulations, continue simplifying procedures so that the government runs more effectively, so that the government runs more efficiently and is oriented towards results rather than procedures,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Head of the BPK RI Isma Yatun said that the accountability of the 2023 State Budget was recorded as having obtained a WTP opinion which was the result of synergy between stakeholders that had brought Indonesia’s economic conditions better than other countries.
“We would like to thank the President and the ranks of government who have committed and worked hard to strengthen the foundation of accountability in managing state financial governance for the past 10 years,” he said.
Meanwhile, Acting Governor Elen Setiadi after attending the event said that the South Sumatra Provincial Government is determined to continue improving public services to the community.
“The important point is that services with bureaucracy should no longer be hampered, because this is also related to what is being done with reforms to the bureaucracy. So services should not be replaced with something that hinders them again,” said Elen briefly. (ojn/ril)
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