Regarding the Covid-19 budget assistance, Sigit has also issued a telegram number ST/1488/VII/RES.3./2021, which contains directions or steps to the ranks related to the implementation of it.
In this assistance, Sigit emphasized the need for communication and coordination with APIP. Then, socialization of the role and support of the Police related to the acceleration of the absorption of the budget.
"Building synergy and supervisory cooperation through the establishment of a desk, implementing law enforcement as a last resort by prioritizing the role of APIP and maximizing the recovery of state losses," Sigit said in a written statement to reporters, Jakarta, Wednesday (28/7/2021).
It is known, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked all regional heads to accelerate the use of the Covid-19 budget to help the community in the midst of the corona virus pandemic.
Sigit added that in assisting and accelerating the absorption of the budget, the police were instructed not to criminalize discretion.
The reason, said the former Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the National Police, if in the implementation an error is found, it must be proven professionally accompanied by the results of the BPK examination stating that there is a state loss.
"Errors in budget management must be proven by malicious intent or intentional and accompanied by the results of the BPK RI examination which stated that there was a real state financial loss," said the former Banten Police Chief.
Sigit ensured that the National Police and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) had a joint commitment to jointly oversee the acceleration of the Covid-19 pandemic budget.
"The National Police and the Prosecutor's Office are committed to monitoring, warning and assisting in accelerating the absorption of the Covid-19 response budget," said Sigit.
Not only the Covid-19 budget assistance, Sigit also instructed all police personnel to safeguard and oversee the distribution of social assistance (bansos) to the community.
According to Sigit, the escort is important to ensure that the social assistance is channeled on target, to the people who are most affected by the economy in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, at the time of implementing PPKM Level 4 at this time.
"The National Police is ready to provide security and assist the distribution process of social assistance from the government to the community, to ensure that the distribution is fast, on target and in accordance with the predetermined allocation," said Sigit.
All of these activities, said Sigit, are to ensure that the community quickly gets assistance from the government. In that acceleration, Sigit also embraced all elements of society to accelerate the distribution of the social assistance.
"Accelerate the distribution of social assistance because the community really needs it. And get involved"
community groups in the distribution," said Sigit.
It is known, in the period 3 to 26 July 2021, the National Police has distributed social assistance to communities affected by Covid-19 in 34 Polda areas, as many as 843,609 food packages and 4,888,711 kg or 4,888.7 tons of rice. As well as medical equipment in the form of masks, hand sanitizer, hand washing facilities as many as 55,194,936.
