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President Joko Widodo instructed all ministers, heads of institutions, and regional heads to not withhold data required by the government’s internal supervisory apparatuses (APIP).

"I call on all ministers, heads of institutions, and regional heads to allow access to accurate information without anything being withheld in order to ensure that the APIP can work professionally and independently," Widodo stated at the Bogor Presidential Palace in West Java, Thursday.

The president made the statement while opening the 2021 national coordination meeting for internal government surveillance in which Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Mahfud MD, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of State Secretariat Pratikno, and Chief of Development and Finance Controller (BPKP) M. Yusuf Ateh participated alongside 2,223 other meeting’s attendees.

"All recommendations need to be followed up. Do not let it become mere recommendations. Tackle the root causes of the problems to ensure that they do not recur in the future," he explained.

Jokowi believes mistakes were repeated through the years over non-compliance to recommendations from the BPKP and the government’s internal supervisory apparatuses (APIP).

"I would like to emphasize to the ministers, head of agencies, and regional heads to seriously follow recommendations from the BPKP and APIP. Do not allow (problems) to prolong for too long, for they will only grow bigger and can become legal issues," he cautioned.

According to Jokowi, the APIP aims to ensure that the government and budget targets are achieved in an accountable, effective, and efficient manner.

"The people are waiting for progress, and this is what we often forget. The people are awaiting the result, the merit of every rupiah spent by the government, and surveillance needed to ensure that no money is off-target, none of it is misused, and no corruption," the president stressed.

During the ongoing pandemic, President Widodo has called for the APIP and BPKP to work swiftly and bolster coordination and synchronization.

"Strengthen the system of checks and balances, work together, and correct each other, so that government programs can be conducted effectively, the people can derive as many benefits as possible, and our country can soon recover from the pandemic," he affirmed.

The government’s internal supervisory apparatuses (APIP) had been formed under Government Regulation Number 60 in 2008 on the Government Internal Control System.

APIP is an organizational unit at the levels of the central government, regional government, ministries, and other institutions tasked with control duties encompassing audit, revisions, evaluations, surveillance, and other control measures on the function and tasks of organizations. (Antaranews)