DPR Asks About IDR 1.45 Trillion Debt, Here's The Answer From BNPB Head Ganip Warsito

Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General Ganip Warsito (Photo: BNPB documentation)

JAKARTA - Member of Commission VIII of the DPR RI from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction, Bukhori Yusuf, questioned the existence of debts wrapped around BNPB with a total value of IDR 1.45 trillion. He questioned this during the Commission VIII DPR Working Meeting with BNPB at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Jakarta on Thursday, August 26.

"BNPB still has debts to third parties that have not been paid, amounting to 1.45 trillion. This Rp1.45 trillion, who is this third party? Because all of us have only heard this news. This money is just passing through, this is a commission too late so we can not control in time," he said.

Responding to the question, the Head of the National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) Lieutenant General Ganip Warsito admitted that he was initially confused because the debt had been discovered when he was just leading BNPB.

"I myself entered the BNPB confused with the debts, sir. Why did something like this happen, for the past 3 months I have been billed for debts, sir and I tried hard to get, this process was quickly completed," said Ganip.

He explained that the debt activities came from disaster management financing that had been carried out and had not been allocated by the Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) in the form of Ready-to-Use Funds (DSP) and had not been included in the 2020 BNPB Budget Implementation List (DIPA).

"To pay this debt using the 2021 budget, it is necessary to carry out an audit or verification, this is a slow process, the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) is in accordance with the Regulation of the Minister of Finance," he said.

"The results of the BPKP audit, we got the BNPB DIPA allocation to pay for it, of the total 1.3 trillion we already have, supported by 1.1 trillion and now in the payment process, we have completed it with the agreement of each partner 70 percent of the contract value first. while waiting for the complete completion and this is already running," he said.

"Essentially, the 1.3 trillion is already in the process of being paid," said Ganip.

Hearing this statement, Bukhori asked Ganip to explain in detail about the debt.

"Maybe we will report it in writing to the council about its use," Ganip replied.