Central Kalimantan Provincial Government Achieves Unqualified Opinion for 12th Consecutive Year
Palangka Raya (ANTARA) - The Central Kalimantan Provincial Government has once again achieved an Unqualified Opinion (WTP) for the 12th consecutive time from the Audit Board of Indonesia (BPK RI) regarding the Regional Government Financial Report (LKPD) for the 2025 Fiscal Year.
“This success is the result of cooperation, collaboration, and the commitment of all regional agencies to build financial governance that is increasingly better, accountable, and transparent,” said Central Kalimantan Governor Agustiar Sabran in Palangka Raya on Thursday.
While the Central Kalimantan Provincial Government has successfully secured the WTP opinion from BPK RI consecutively, the Governor emphasised that the WTP opinion is not the ultimate goal. He stated that his administration is committed to ensuring that future provincial government financial reports are of even higher quality and that previous audit findings do not recur.
Agustiar asserted that the provincial government continues to implement improvements to increase the quality of financial management and to ensure that all audit recommendations are followed up optimally.
“I urge the acting regional secretary and all regional agencies to immediately follow up on findings from BPK RI in accordance with applicable regulations. There is no need to wait 60 working days; it must be done as soon as possible, whether it concerns administrative findings or the reimbursement of state losses,” he explained.
Slamet Kurniawan, an Expert Staff member in the Field of Regional Government Finance at BPK RI, stated that the audit was conducted based on the mandate of Law Number 15 of 2004 concerning the Audit of State Financial Management and Responsibility, as well as Law Number 15 of 2006 concerning the Audit Board of Indonesia.
“BPK does not only provide an opinion on financial reports, but also presents audit results regarding internal control systems and compliance with statutory regulations as material for improving government governance,” he noted.
Based on the audit results, BPK still identified several weaknesses in the provincial government’s financial management, including the management of official residences and the bookkeeping of levies for the use of official residences, which are not yet fully adequate, potentially reducing revenue from official residence rental levies.
In response to these findings, BPK recommended that the provincial government develop an integrated management mechanism for official residences across regional agencies, conduct asset inventories, update asset data, and optimise levy collection in accordance with regulations.