Former Bengkulu Governor Pays Off Official Car Loans After 11 Years Of Arrears

Agusrin M Najamudin (BETWEEN DOC)

BENGKULU - Former Bengkulu Governor, Agusrin M Najamudin, finally paid off the official vehicle loan he used when he was still a regional head after 11 years in arrears.

Bengkulu Provincial Inspectorate Inspector Heru Susanto said the payment of the IDR 100,400,000 bill was deposited into the regional treasury through Bengkulu Bank on Tuesday.

"The payment has indeed been paid today for the Land Cruiser ex BD 1 service vehicle acquired in 2001 to Bank Bengkulu", said Heru in Bengkulu, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, June 29.

Previously, in the accountability report for the implementation of the Bengkulu Province APBD (Regional Budget) for the 2020 fiscal year submitted by the Bengkulu Provincial Government to the DPRD (Regional House of Representatives), it was revealed that 28 former officials had not paid off official vehicle loans.

The sale is carried out through an auction mechanism which must be paid off no later than one year after the Decision Letter of the winning bidder is issued.

23 former Bengkulu Provincial Government officials received the sales decree in 2004, four people in 2006, and one person in 2011 namely Agusrin M Najamudin. The total sales value of these official vehicles reached IDR 371,736,025.

"For the other 27 people, we are still trying to use persuasive methods and we have written them", said Heru.

Member of the Budget Agency (Banggar) of the Bengkulu Regional House of Representatives, Usin Abdisyah Putra Sembiring, appreciated Agusrin's good faith in paying off the official vehicle loan.

According to him, what Agusrin did could be an example for 27 other officials so that they can also immediately pay off official vehicle loans that have been in possession for a long time.

"We ask other officials to pay off immediately because this involves regional finances and if they are not paid off, it will cause legal problems because of state losses", said Usin.