2.4 The Role of Internal Supervisory
Apparatus of Government
Internal supervisory apparatus of government
particularly Finance and development supervisory
agency has started doing reposition and revitalization
(Mardiasmo, 2009), which makes finance and
development supervisory agency as assistant
consulting not watchdog which looks after mistakes
and creating trap. Finance and development
supervisory agency is more to give prevention steps
and advice. In regional government, there is
functional supervisory apparatus of government
which helps regional leader in doing supervision,
whether or not the performed activity by his apparatus
is compatible with vision, mission, purpose,targets,
and pre-determined program. Government regulation
about internal control system of government confirms
the role of internal supervisory apparatus of
government in performing internal supervision
through audit, review, evaluation, monitoring and
other supervisions. Internal supervisory apparatus of
government is internal auditor of government
performed by provincial/regional/city inspectorate
(anonymous, 2004) and (anonymous, Law number
1/2004 about the use of state treasury, 2004)
The role of internal auditing is as ‘Assurance and
consulting’(Pickett, 2010). Internal audit team can
provide advice and help to the management with the
most compatible way for each necessity. The role of
internal supervisory apparatus of government can
give adequate assurance, accuracy, reliability, and
validity of the information that every accounting
process in financial report has been performed in
parallel with the implementation of budget and
preparation of the financial report.
Internal supervisory apparatus of governmen
contributes on the application of GGG just like the
result of Novianty’s study (2012) in Riau province
but it’s different with the study result of Syamsir
(2014) that the role of regional inspectorate doesn’t
give any effect on the application of GGG.
2.5 Good Government Governance
(GGG)
There are nine characteristics of good governance
implementation (Mardiasmo, 2009) but there are
three things which can be performed by regional
government to implement a GGG, such as: (1)
creation of transparency, (2) public accountability,
and (3) value for money (economy, efficiency, and
effectiveness). Those three things are related to each
other and support each other for achieving success in
implementing the concept of good governance. GGG
is marked with three main pillars which are basic
elements related to each other (Wati, Lismawati, &
Aprilia, 2010). Those three pillars are participation,
transparency and accountability.
Governance has meaning of how a nation
distributes power and manages resources as well as
various problems faced by the society (Khomsiyah,
2012). United Nation Development Program (UNDP)
in 1997 defined “governance is the exercise of
economic, political, and administrative authority to
manage a country's affairs at all levels and the means
by which states promote social cohesion, integration,
and ensure the well-being of their population”. This
statement contains meaning of a synergy and
constructive relation between state, private sector,
and society (state, private, society).
Principle of good management such as
transparency, openness, accountability, participation,
fairness, and independence must be there in GGG
(Sari D., 2013). Values such as efficiency, fairness,
transparency, participation, and accountability can be
measured easily in the practice of organizing public
services. Nizarli in Khomsyiah (2012), defined good
governance as: the implementation of political
authority, economic and administrative in managing
a nation, including complex mechanism as well as
related process, institutions which can vocalize
individual and group interest as well as resolve every
emerging problems among them. In this study, three
main pillars of GGG which are (1) transparency; (2)
accountability; and (3) participation (LAN & BPKP,
2000).
Based on literature review and the result of several
previous studies, the hypotheses of this study are as
follows:
Hypothesis 1
Organizational culture, competency of regional
government apparatus and the role of internal
supervisory apparatus of government simultaneously
influence the application of GGG.
Hypothesis 2
Organizational culture, competency of regional
government apparatus and the role of internal
supervisory apparatus of government partially
influence the application of GGG.
3 RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Research Population and Sample
The research population is government units in Pali
regency (39 government units). However, data which