There Are Still Billions Of KJP Funds Depositing At Bank DKI, DPRD Blames Provincial Government

Illustration of the KJP Plus Card (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Commission B of the DKI Jakarta DPRD held a working meeting with BUMD Bank DKI and the ranks of the DKI Provincial Government. The meeting today was held behind closed doors. Chairman of Commission B of the DPRD Ismail said that one of the discussions was the KJP Plus fund which deposited hundreds of billions of rupiah in the regional development bank.

The KJP funds that settled were one of the findings of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) on the 2022 DKI Provincial Government's financial report (LHP).

From this case, Ismail actually blamed the DKI Provincial Government for being responsible for setting targets for KJP recipients, before being handed over to Bank DKI for disbursement.

"The mechanism in the disbursement of the DKI bank is impossible to immediately disburse when there is no disbursement order. This disbursement order is the basis for him to transfer to the accounts of each of the prospective recipients," said Ismail at the DKI Jakarta DPRD building, Wednesday, July 5.

Based on the explanation from the DKI Provincial Government, there are several KJP recipients who are no longer eligible to receive assistance in the results of verification and validation. These findings include inappropriate residential addresses and having certain number of motorized vehicles.

This causes delays in determining the list of KJP recipients, so that Bank DKI cannot execute the disbursement of the deposited funds.

"In fact, in the Social Service, Disdik or Dukcapil and Bapenda, it is the coordination that must improve, thus ensuring that the verification and validation carried out really produces valid data and is not too long," said Ismail.

"This means that you don't use the reason for verification and validation that is being carried out as an alibi to reduce the time limit for disbursement. After all, this is related to the needs of our students," he added.

It is known that the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government received an Unqualified Opinion (WTP) on the 2022 regional financial audit results from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). Now, the DKI Provincial Government has won the WTP opinion for 6 consecutive years.

However, the title of WTP does not mean that there are no problems in the DKI Provincial Government's financial statements. BPK found that there were still problems related to regional financial management throughout 2022.

This was conveyed by Member V of the BPK RI Ahmadi Noor Supit in the plenary meeting of the submission of the BPK examination report (LHP) to the DKI Provincial Government at the DKI Jakarta DPRD Building.

One of the problems that BPK noted was that the funds for depositing KJP Plus and KJMU social assistance worth Rp197.55 billion had not been distributed to the recipients, as well as social assistance for meeting basic needs worth Rp15.18 billion, which BPK said did not comply with the provisions.

Then, there was an overpayment of expenditures worth Rp. 11.34 billion and a delay fine of Rp. 34.53 billion, bringing the total to Rp. 45.87 billion. The third problem is the administration of the handover and recording of fixed assets of social-fasum facilities that are not yet orderly.