BPK still auditing State Secretariat

BPK still auditing State Secretariat

JAKARTA: Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) head Anwar Nasution said
here on Friday the BPK was continuing discussions with the State
Secretariat as part of its audit of the latter.

The audit -- the results of which should have been announced
in September -- will be completed before Nov. 3, he said.

"This is the procedure -- we have to discuss it with the
institution that we audit," he said after attending a ceremony at
the State Palace.

The interdepartmental anticorruption team has found
indications of widespread corruption at the State Secretariat, a
crime that may affect some powerful and influential people.

The team has asked the BPK to audit the State Secretariat,
which plays a role in managing the daily office affairs of the
President, and determining the date for a bill, proposed by the
government, to be submitted to the House of Representatives for
deliberation. --JP