Supervising the State of Financial Management

It is time to improve information services in government institutions. Decision-making rooms that have been tightly closed must be opened wide.

The disclosure of wealth that was suspected to have been amassed through corruptive practices by Rafael Alun Trisambodo, an employee at the Directorate General of Taxation at the Finance Ministry, has taken many by surprise.

Rafael Alun Trisambodo (RAT) was found in possession of Rp 56 billion, an extremely fantastic amount of assets for a third echelon government official. The uncovered case, which has surfaced as a serious blow to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, reminds us about the need for multi-layered supervision over state financial management.