Bawaslu Affirms That There Is No Misappropriation Of Funds Regarding The State Budget Into Personal Accounts

Bawaslu Building (Photo: bawaslu.go.id)

JAKARTA - Member of the Indonesian Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) Rahmat Bagja emphasized that there was no attempt to misuse funds from the findings of the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK). BPK revealed that there was a flow of APBN funds that went into personal accounts at the Bawaslu ranks.

The findings of these funds went to the personal accounts of district / city Bawaslu in Lampung Province amounting to Rp2,933,987,167 (Rp2.9 billion). Bagja said the personal account was used as an intermediate account.

"There is no misappropriation of funds. Use of a personal account as an intermediate account for the return of the remaining direct purchases (LS) and additional money supply (TUP)," said Bagja when confirmed by VOI, Thursday, July 23.

Bagja explained that his staff had clarified to the BPK the findings of the flow of funds. Bagja also emphasized that these findings did not lead to criminal offenses.

"These findings have no implications for reprisal or punishment," he said.

As previously reported, in the Audit Results report (LHP) of the 2019 Central Government Financial Report (LKPP), the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) revealed the findings of the management of APBN funds that went into private accounts.

The total findings of APBN fund management using personal accounts reached Rp 71.78 billion. In fact, this is happening at the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Religion, the Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu), the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) and the Nuclear Energy Supervisory Agency.