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) from the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) of the Republic of Indonesia for its Regional Government Financial Report (LKPD) for the 2025 Fiscal Year, marking the 12th consecutive time. Governor Agustiar Sabran stated in Palangka Raya on Thursday that this success is the result of cooperation, collaboration, and commitment from all regional apparatuses in building increasingly sound, accountable, and transparent financial governance. The Central Kalimantan Provincial Government has managed to secure the WTP opinion from the BPK consecutively. However, the governor stressed that the WTP opinion is not the final objective. He committed to ensuring that the provincial government’s financial reports will be of higher quality in the future and that similar audit findings will not recur. Agustiar affirmed that the provincial government will continue to make improvements to enhance the quality of financial management and that all audit recommendations will be followed up optimally. He instructed the acting regional secretary and all regional apparatuses to promptly follow up on the BPK’s findings in accordance with applicable regulations, without waiting for the 60 working day deadline, addressing both administrative findings and the recovery of state losses. Slamet Kurniawan, Expert Staff for Regional Government Finance at the BPK, stated that the audit was conducted based on the mandate of Law Number 15 of 2004 concerning Audit of State Financial Management and Accountability and Law Number 15 of 2006 concerning the Supreme Audit Agency. He noted that the BPK not only provides an opinion on the financial report but also conveys audit results regarding the internal control system and compliance with statutory regulations as material for improving governance. Based on the audit results, the BPK still found several weaknesses in the provincial government’s financial management, including issues related to the management of official residences and the accounting of levies for official residence usage, which are not yet fully adequate and could potentially reduce revenue from official residence rental levies. In response to these findings, the BPK recommended that the provincial government develop an integrated official residence management mechanism across regional apparatuses, conduct asset inventories, update asset data, and optimise levy collection in accordance with regulations.