Deputy Governor Riza Guarantees Formula E: No Need To Worry Even If There Is A BPK Examination

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JAKARTA - Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria said that the public does not need to worry about a number of critical notes from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) regarding the plan to implement Formula E.

"There is no need to worry even though there is a BPK audit, something that is indeed the BPK's job and we have explained it routinely in previous years," said Deputy Governor Riza at the City Hall of DKI, Central Jakarta, Thursday, March 25.

Riza admitted that the commitment fees that have been paid in the amount of hundreds of billions of rupiah in 2019 and 2020 cannot be withdrawn. However, he said, this money was not forfeited.

"The money is not lost and later the implementation will be carried out in 2022. We pray and support preparing everything as well as possible and of course we hope that the implementation can be successful beyond what we expect," said Deputy Governor Riza.

Previously, the DKI Jakarta Representative Audit Agency (BPK) reported the results of the audit of the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government's financial transactions in planning the Formula E event in 2019 to 2020.

In a report issued on June 19, 2020, BPK noted that Anies had paid a commitment fee to Formula E Operations Limited (FEO) and a Bank Guarantee of nearly IDR1 trillion.

In detail, there is a commitment fee paid in 2019 worth IDR 360 billion. Furthermore, in 2020, the paid commitment fee is equivalent to IDR 200.3 billion. Then, the Bank Guarantee that is paid is worth IDR 423 billion.

The BPK noted that all of the financing costs for the electric-powered car racing event, which has been prepared since 2019, are still being borne by the DKI Regional Budget (APBD) funds.

"Funding for the 2019/2020 Formula E activities, both through the budget of the Youth and Sports Service (Dispora) and PT Jakpro's regional capital participation (PMD), the financing burden is still very dependent on the DKI Jakarta Provincial APBD funds," said the Head of the BPK Representative Office for DKI Jakarta. Pemut Aryo Wibowo, quoted by VOI from the audit report.

In fact, Anies has issued Governor Regulation Number 83 of 2019. In it, Anies has assigned the BUMD PT Jakpro as the organizer to be able to find sponsors or cooperation from other parties.

Pemut said, this problem would result in PT Jakpro being unable to independently manage Formula E activities, thus increasing the risk of failure in the implementation.

Therefore, BPK urged the DKI Dispora to encourage PT Jakpro to cooperate with other parties. In principle, in order to find other sources of funding in implementing Formula E apart from the APBD.