Suspected Motive? Kuningan Regional Secretariat Development Administration Budget Goes to Personal Account

Kuningan, Konntroversinews | The findings of the Republic of Indonesia Financial Audit Agency (BPK RI) regarding the management of the 2024 budget in the Development Administration Section of the Regional Secretariat (Setda) of Kuningan Regency have drawn public attention. The reason is, there are funds that are suspected to have gone into a personal account.

In the results of the BPK RI examination, it was found that in the personal account of the Assistant Expenditure Treasurer (BPP) of the Development Administration Section there were several transactions that were not related to office operations, with a value reaching Rp. 370,440,872.00.

This finding sparked strong criticism from Activist 98 who is also the Chair of the NGO Barak, Bung Nana Rusdiana, S.IP.

In his statement to journalists at the Barak Secretariat, Sunday (2/11/2025), Nana assessed that these findings showed that there was chaos in financial management within the Kuningan Regional Secretariat.

“The existence of transactions that are not related to office operations clearly shows weak financial governance. Even though officials in the Development Administration Section fully understand the existence of Regent’s Regulation Number 900.1.3.5/KPTS.334-BPKAD/2024 concerning Determining Account Numbers for Expenditure Treasurers and Assistant Expenditure Treasurers in the Kuningan Regional Government. But how come the money went into a personal account? What is the motive for this?” he said.

Furthermore, Nana emphasized that this action clearly violated applicable regulations, as regulated in PP Number 12 of 2019 concerning Regional Financial Management, specifically:

• Article 121 paragraph (2): Officials who sign or ratify documents that are the basis for receiving or disbursing APBD are fully responsible for their accuracy.
• Article 124 paragraph (1), Article 141 paragraph (1), and Article 150 paragraph (1) also emphasize the same thing.

Apart from that, Minister of Home Affairs Regulation Number 77 of 2020 concerning Regional Financial Management Techniques in Chapter I Section J.2.t and Chapter V Section B.2.c are also references that have been violated.

According to Nana, weak supervision and non-compliance by relevant officials with regulations are the root of the problem.

“The Head of the Development Administration Section as the Budget User (PA) clearly did not fully comply with the provisions. The PKeu Regional Secretariat was not careful in verifying the BPP’s accountability report. Likewise, the BPP itself did not comply with the provisions in cash management and use of UP/GU funds,” he stressed.

Nana believes that BPK RI’s steps in only providing guidance recommendations and returning funds to regional treasuries have not touched the root of the problem.

“In our opinion, this is not just an administrative violation. There are indications of the motive behind it. It’s impossible that they don’t know the rules, but still dare to violate them. If people’s money is lost because of the actions of officials, don’t let the people have to bear the losses,” he concluded. ***