South Sulawesi DPRD Finds Unknown APBD Budget Rp182 Billion At PUTR

MAKASSAR - Commission D of the South Sulawesi DPRD in charge of Development found irregularities in the alleged changes to the Budget Implementation Document (DPA) of the Basic APBD worth more than Rp.

"There is this discrepancy, we don't know what the program is, which is clearly not in accordance with the RKA, the proposed Rp505.5 billion more, but the DPA came out with more than Rp687.7 billion. That means there is a difference of more than Rp182 billion, where did it come from," said the Deputy Chairman of Commission D, Fadriaty at the South Sulawesi DPRD office in Makassar, quoted by Antara, Monday, September 13.

According to him, the discussion of the 2021 Basic Budget has been completed, both the Budget Activity Plan (RKA) and the DPA have been determined in the basic budget, and changes cannot be made without the joint approval of the legislature and executive.

"We were confused, because when the changes came in, the basic budget reappeared. As far as I remember it was already set. That's why we were surprised when we discussed why there was such a big change. Of course, this is an evaluation material," said Fadriaty.

Meanwhile, another member of Commission D, Ady Anshar, during the meeting questioned the continuation of infrastructure development in South Sulawesi using the National Economic Recovery (PEN) loan budget of more than Rp1 trillion.

"As far as we know, the PEN fund is more than Rp1.3 trillion, then the realization according to information has reached 70 percent or around Rp930 billion more. The question is, how far is the optimization of project work in the field, can it be done up to 70 percent by September 31," he questioned.

Meanwhile, currently available funds are approximately Rp70 billion. Will an additional budget of Rp50 billion be needed, while the budget is no longer available because it has been returned to the center due to passing an agreement, on the other hand, many project work has not been completed.

"Consequently, when the APBD is used (Continued Development) to pay the debt of PEN funds, it will reduce spending next year. Of course, there is a budget review, especially how much PEN funds are in debt, we can lose like this," he said.

In addition, the attitude of members will be reviewed in advance because which one must be paid. Because, the payment must wait for changes because it is not in the PPS KUA in the Basic Budget in 2022.

During the meeting, the PURT stated that it would immediately review the error in the document, which could have been due to negligence in writing the numbers.