Unpleasant Findings From The Inspectorate Of The West Aceh Regency Government Regarding Village Fund Finance

Head of the Inspectorate of West Aceh Regency, Sirajulfata. (ANTARA/Teuku Dedi Iskandar)

JAKARTA - Head of the West Aceh Regency Inspectorate Sirajulfata said the number of results from the financial audit of village funds in 2021 which was suspected of violating the rules for use reached more than Rp. 7.9 billion.

"From the total financial findings of village funds in 2021 in West Aceh, the amount of funds that have been followed up to be returned to the regional treasury has reached more than Rp. 1.1 billion," said Sirajulfata as quoted by Antara, Sunday, February 20.

He said the remaining findings of village funds in 2021 which had not been followed up or returned by village officials in West Aceh until February 2022, he said, currently amounted to Rp. 6,825,757,424.33.

Sirajulfata added that the findings amounted to more than IDR 7.9 billion in village funds in West Aceh, after a team of auditors conducted an audit of the use of village funds spread over 322 villages in West Aceh Regency.

Then the results of this financial audit were submitted to the Regent of Aceh Barat as the regional head and each of the sub-district and village heads to be audited.

He also explained that most of the findings during the audit were carried out by a team of auditors from the West Aceh Inspectorate, such as the existence of taxes that were allegedly not paid by the village treasurer.

Then the lack of volume of work results, including the existence of a policy from the village head which then violated the rules, thus becoming the findings of the auditor team.

"We are still trying to return these findings to the regional treasury of each village head in West Aceh," he added.

However, if there are village heads or village officials who are not willing to return the findings indicating corruption, it is possible that the findings will be reported to law enforcement officials, said Sirajulfata affirmed.