Close Corruption Gap, KSP Controls Digitalization Of Goods, Services And Audit Procurement Process

JAKARTA - The Presidential Staff Office is ready to oversee the acceleration of digitalization in the Goods and Services Procurement (PJB) system and audits. Moreover, the procurement of goods and services is still the second largest mode of corruption handled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

The Presidential Chief of Staff, Moeldoko, said this when receiving the arrival of the Coordinator for the National Strategy for Corruption Prevention (Stranas PK) as well as the Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring of the KPK, Pahala Nainggolan, at the Bina Graha building, Jakarta, Monday, August 14.

"Prevention of corruption is the key to digitizing the process. KSP will help accelerate the use of digitalization in procurement and e-audit," he said.

"We will make a memo to the President," said Moeldoko.

Moeldoko's statement was in response to the Semester I Stranas PK report to the President. In his report, the Coordinator for the Implementation of Stranas PK as well as the Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring of the KPK, Pahala Nainggolan, conveyed that the implementation of the corruption prevention system has been getting better. However, there are still obstacles, especially in the government's procurement and services monitoring system that have not been able to conduct e-purchasing electronic audits. This causes the system to not be accessible to the inspectorate.

According to Pahala, actually for procurement at the Government Goods/Services Procurement Policy Institute (LKPP) there is already an e-catalog. However, there is no integrated system for audits. "Actually, an e-audit system can be developed. Indonesia can, after all, it's already there," he said.

Still, said Pahala, the function of the Government Internal Supervisory Apparatus (APIP) is still weak, because it is constrained by the adequacy of the number and competence of human resources and budgets. In addition, at the central level, there is no policy that regulates the structuring of APIP's independent institutional patterns.

"Especially in following up on reports of surveillance results that can be directly submitted to the President," he explained.

Meanwhile, Deputy V KSP, Jaleswari Pramodhawardani emphasized the importance of the Stranas PK team collaborating with various parties. Such as civil society, anti-corruption activists, religious community organizations, the private sector, the academic community, and the mass media.

"As a way to evaluate the impact and communication of the public in preventing corruption," said Jaleswari.

For information, Stranas PK was formed in 2019, and coordinated with five ministries/agencies. Namely the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), the Presidential Staff Office, the Ministry of PAN-RB, Bappenas, and the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The impact of Stranas PK has been felt, especially regarding the digitization of public services and the simplification of business processes. For example, in port services, digitizing data and business processes through INAPORTNET and INSW, it has succeeded in reducing port stay from 3 days to 1 day.

In addition, digitization of the procurement of government goods and services (e-catalog, sectoral, online shops) reduces the high price rate so that it can increase the efficiency average by 15 percent compared to conventional procurement.

Another positive impact, the government is also able to prevent misuse of the State Revenue Transaction Number (NTPN) to hide actual export volume through the Mineral and Coal Information System (SIMBARA). So that the state leakage from coal can be reduced by up to 50 percent.

Stranas PK also encourages the density of Integrated Social Welfare Data (DTKS) with a Population Identification Number (NIK), so that recipients of social assistance or double or fictitious subsidies can be prevented.