Guard dogs and a previous Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) commissioner have actually slammed the antigraft body’s current relocate to acquire cars and trucks for its high-ranking authorities and supervisory board members, saying the strategy is “against the commission’s worths”.
The House of Representatives just recently authorized the KPK’s budget for 2021, which includes a strategy to acquire official cars and trucks for the firm’s commissioners and other high-ranking officials.
While the budget plan for the lorries has yet to be figured out, it was previously reported that the KPK had designated Rp 1.45 billion (US$98,209) for a new car for chairman Firli Bahuri and Rp 1 billion each for cars other commissioners.
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) activist Kurnia Ramadhana stated the plan to buy official cars and trucks revealed the wear and tear of the antigraft body’s integrity under Firli’s management. He called the procurement “unethical” since it was taking place throughout the COVID-19 health and economic crisis.
” As leaders of an anticorruption organization, they must comprehend and be sensitive to our current circumstance brought on by the outbreak, which has actually devastated the economy,” Kurnia stated in a statement on Friday.
He added that the strategy was part of a long list of “hedonistic” practices by current KPK leaders, following a recent brouhaha surrounding Firli’s use of a private helicopter service for an individual journey in June.
The KPK supervisory council discovered Firli guilty of breaching the comission’s code of principles in September for the taking the helicopter trip– the first time a KPK chair has actually dealt with such a sanction.
Former KPK commissioner Bambang Widjojanto likewise slammed the procurement, stating it remained in contrast to the commission’s public image as an effective and efficient organization that upheld practical values.
“[Expensive cars] are inefficient and inefficient since they do not straight improve the quality of the country’s graft obliteration project,” said Bambang, who functioned as KPK commissioner from 2011 to 2015.
KPK supervisory council chair Tumpak Hatorangan Panggabean said the council would turn down the main cars and trucks. He claimed the council members were not involved in the choice to buy the automobiles.
” We never recommended the procurement of main automobiles for us. We do not understand where the proposal came from,” Tumpak said on Thursday, as priced estimate by kompas.com
During a press rundown on Friday, KPK secretary-general Cahya Harefa safeguarded the strategy, saying main automobiles were essential to support the KPK’s high-ranking authorities in carrying out their responsibilities.
However, he stated the commission would review the strategy in reaction to public criticism by discussing its 2021 spending plan with the National Advancement Company (Bappenas) and the Finance Ministry. Cahya stated costs for the cars would follow the government’s requirement.
” Currently, all high-ranking authorities are given transport advantages that are consisted of in their month-to-month paycheck,” said Cahya. “If the prepare for main automobiles is approved for next year, they will not receive the transport benefits any longer.”
