The Audit Board of Indonesia (, BPK RI) is a high state body in Indonesia which is responsible for evaluation of management and accountability of state finances conducted by the central government, local governments, Bank Indonesia, state-owned enterprises, the Public Service Board, and institutions or other entities which manage state finances.
History
The body was initially established under the name National Supervision Board at Magelang, Central Java during the United States of Indonesia period on 28 December 1946.The Audit Board of the Republic of Indonesia. ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions. Accessed 1 November 2016. The Board currently functions under the latest revision to the laws governing it dating to 2006.Fitrian Ardiansyah, Andri Akbar Marthen, and Nur Amalia, Forest and land-use governance in a decentralized Indonesia: A legal and policy review, pg. 32. Bogor: Center for International Forestry Research, 2015. The Board has increasingly tackled environmental issues, revealing in 2014 that the Ciliwung River had been polluted by seventeen separate companies, submitting its report to the police.
As of 2015, the Audit Board of Indonesia was chairing the International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions' Working Group on Environmental Auditing.
In 2016, Board chairman Harry Azhar Azis was implicated in the Panama Papers due to a previously registered blank company which he hadn't reported.Ayomi Amindoni, Jokowi summons BPK chairman over Panama Papers. Jakarta Post, 15 April 2016. Accessed 6 November 2016. Azis claimed that the company was merely a registered name on paper which he had started for his oldest daughter, but then sold to someone else after his appointment as Board chairman in December 2014.Harry Azhar Azis: The blank company is for my child. Tempo, 13 April 2016. Accessed 6 November 2016.
Chair of the Audit Board
The following people have held the position of Chair of the Audit Board since 1947.
Name Begin End R. Soerasno 1947 1949 R. Kasirman 1949 1957 Abdul Karim Pringgodigdo 1957 1961 I Gusti Ketut Pudja 1961 1964 Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX 1964 1966 Dadang Suprayogi 1966 1973 Umar Wirahadikusumah 1973 1983 M. Jusuf 1983 1993J. B. Sumarlin 1993 1998Satrio Budihardjo Joedono 1998 2004 2005 2009 2009 2014 2014 2014Harry Azhar Azis 2014 2017 2017 2019 2019 2022 2022 present
Powers The Board is the highest body within the Indonesian government in terms of state financial accountability and management. Their work ranges from the national to local levels, and they have offices in every province in Indonesia.
See also Court of Audit Algemene Rekenkamer
References
External links Official Website