The government has set up four account numbers by using four different countries currency to accommodate foreign assistance funds for earthquake victims in West Sumatra (West Sumatra).
As for the four currency, the Rupiah, USD, Yen, and Euro. The purpose of this account number for all foreign aid be fixed nominal fully centralized and handled by the government.
“To hold them, be submitted to Bank Indonesia (BI) that will focus,” said Director General of the Ministry of Finance State Treasury Herry Purnomo, when found journalists, the Ministry of Finance Building, Jakarta, Tuesday (6/10/2009).
Four of the account number is 519.000124 for foreign aid in the form of dollars, while in the form of U.S. dollars may be awarded to the account number at 609.022011. Semantara for assistance with the euro currency that is 609.000991, and assistance with the currency can be paid in yen through the account number 609.007111.
He also explained that foreign aid should not be channeled directly to local governments. “Must be from the center, new to the provincial government,” he said.
But, not all foreign aid funds affected by this rule. According to him, assistance through the central government accounts is that funds sent through the cooperation of humanitarian inter alias government to government (G to G).
For information, outside assistance mechanisms can be channeled directly to local governments. Paskah Suzetta was still shut up about the amount of foreign aid coming into the central government accounts. “Minister of Finance was counting. Progress, such as the mother presented the Minister of Saudi Arabia $ 50 million USD,” he explained.
Governments do have a strong reason the government requires foreign aid into the central account. Because, a few days after the quake shook the Padang Pariaman, foreign aid continues to flow.
One of them is from the Norwegian Government who are ready to disburse grants 20 million Norwegian Kroner, or $ 3, 5 million. The Norwegian government is channeling aid through the United Nations and International Red Cross.
Understandably, learning from previous earthquake experience, West Sumatra had failed to take the help of home improvement. It happened because the data they add different data verified by the central government. “I’ll have to be verified because of collapsed houses should be built and repaired damaged,” he added.
