Anies Has Resigned But Formula E Audit Hasn't Been Opened Yet, PDIP: It's A Shame

Anies Baswedan while serving as Governor of DKI Jakarta inspected the circuit ahead of the Jakarta Formula E. (Twitter Anies)

JAKARTA - Member of the PDIP faction of the DKI Jakarta DPRD, Gilbert Simanjuntak, regrets that the audit of the financial statements of the Formula E event has not yet been disclosed to the public even though Anies Baswedan's term as Governor of DKI Jakarta has ended.

Anies has stepped down from the position of DKI 1 as of October 16 and was replaced by the Acting (Pj) Governor of DKI Jakarta Heru Budi Hartono who started working on October 17 yesterday.

In fact, related parties such as the Chairman of the Formula E Executive Committee Ahmad Sahroni, the BUMD PT Jakpro, to the former Deputy Governor of DKI Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria promised that the results of the Formula E audit would be disclosed.

"The promise of Formula E to be audited has not been carried out even though it has been months. This is very shameful, irresponsible. Anies himself does not dare to be responsible for Formula E's finances," Gilbert told reporters, Tuesday, October 18.

Gilbert also regretted the attitude of Anies who did not want to explain to the DPRD regarding the expenses and income as well as the results of a feasibility study on the implementation of Formula E until his term of office ended.

With the unclear use of the commitment fee budget disbursed from the APBD, plus the cost of implementation by Jakpro, Gilbert views this as detrimental to the people of Jakarta,

"It's even sadder for the residents of DKI who lost around IDR 830 billion in vain and then finally lost the opportunity for MSME assistance, decent housing, river normalization, and other priority matters," Gilbert said.

On Wednesday, September 7, PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) as the organizer of Formula E Jakarta admitted that it had only appointed the auditor for the electric car racing event this Sunday. "It was only this week," said Jakpro President Director Widi Amanasto.

Widi did not explain in detail the process of appointing the auditors that had just been carried out, he only said that it was through a tender mechanism.

Based on a report from the DKI Jakarta Supreme Audit Agency (BPK), the implementation of Formula E Jakarta will be carried out for three seasons, namely 2022-2024 after renegotiation from the initial five seasons, namely 2020-2024, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The total commitment fee paid to Formula E Operation (FEO) as the operator and license holder of Formula E, reached 31 million pounds or equivalent to IDR 560 billion, out of a total of 36 million pounds.

The remaining 5 million pounds, based on the DKI Jakarta BPK report, will be paid by the DKI Jakarta BUMD, PT Jakarta Propertindo (Jakpro) as the organizer in Jakarta in the third year without going through the APBD.