BPJS Case, Sri Mulyani Layangkan Lawsuit To ICW

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The Ministry of Finance (Kemenkeu) is known to have filed a lawsuit against Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) through the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN).

The Special Staff of the Minister of Finance, Yustinus Prastowo, said that the legal action taken was related to the decision of the Public Information Commission (KIP) which granted part of ICW's request for the National Health Insurance (JKN) program or BPJS Kesehatan.

"In this case, what is being sued is the KIP Decision on the application for ICW objections in terms of a request for public information disclosure submitted to the Ministry of Finance," he said when delivering a written statement on Friday, February 10.

According to Yustinus, ICW urges the Ministry of Finance to transparently investigate the results of the JKN/BPJS Health Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) audit.

Sri Mulyani's subordinate explained that all the requested information could not be published because of the provisions of Article 17 letter e number 6 and letter i of Law Number 14 of 2008 concerning Public Information Disclosure.

Information regarding the report on the results of the examination (the results of the audit) related to the National Health Insurance program, whether carried out by BPKP or other agencies, is not available because the information requested is not controlled by the Ministry of Finance, cq the Directorate General of Treasury," he said.

Furthermore, Yustinus revealed, every public agency is obliged to publish information unless it can harm national economic resilience.

ICW itself asked for an explanation of the results of the BPKP audit dated February 11, 2019, December 10, 2018, and July 19, 2018.

The lawsuit filed by Sri Mulyani Cs has been registered with case number 47/G/KI/2023/PTUN.JKT dated February 8, 2023.