JAYAPURA – The Papua Provincial Government has once again maintained an Unqualified Opinion from the Audit Board of Indonesia on its 2025 Regional Government Financial Report. This marks the third consecutive achievement since 2023.

The opinion was delivered by Member VI of the Audit Board of Indonesia, Drs. H. Fathan Subchi, when presenting the Audit Report to the Papua Legislative Council and the Papua Provincial Government during a plenary session at the Papua Legislative Council building in Jayapura City on Thursday, June 25, 2026.

"Based on the audit results of the Papua Provincial Government's 2025 Financial Report, the Audit Board has issued an Unqualified Opinion," Fathan said.

Although Papua once again received the highest opinion in regional financial management, the Audit Board identified several issues that need to be addressed immediately. One of them concerns the safeguarding of fixed assets in the form of official vehicles whose whereabouts cannot yet be traced, with some being controlled by unauthorized parties.

The Audit Board requested the Papua Provincial Government to immediately trace the missing official vehicles and resolve the control of assets by unauthorized parties in accordance with regulations on regional asset management.

In addition, the Audit Board found inaccuracies in the classification of expenditure budgets in five Regional Government Work Units. These findings resulted in the presentation of several types of expenditure realization in the financial statements that do not reflect the actual conditions.

The Audit Board also highlighted the low completion rate of follow-ups on audit recommendations. As of the second semester of 2025, the Papua Provincial Government had followed up on only 1,233 out of a total of 1,925 recommendations, or 64.5 percent. This figure remains below the National Audit Board target of 80 percent.

Nevertheless, the Audit Board expressed appreciation for Papua's success in maintaining the Unqualified Opinion for three consecutive years.

"We extend our appreciation to the Papua Provincial Government for this achievement," he said.

The Audit Board hopes that all audit recommendations can be followed up no later than 60 days after the Audit Report is received to strengthen financial governance and regional asset management in Papua.

Meanwhile, Papua Governor Matius D. Fakhiri emphasized that the Papua Provincial Government will continue to improve the quality of regional financial governance through the strengthening of performance-based planning and budgeting, improvement of the government's internal control system, optimization of regional revenue, spending efficiency, and acceleration of follow-up actions on all recommendations.

"We are committed to continuously improving the quality of regional financial governance through the strengthening of performance-based planning and budgeting, as well as the timely and sustainable completion of follow-up actions on all BPK audit recommendations," Fakhiri said. ***