Minister Risma's Story On The Difficulty Of Preventing Corruption At The Ministry Of Social Affairs: It's Not Perfect But It's Getting Better

JAKARTA - Minister of Social Affairs Tri Rismaharini said that his party had made a number of improvements to prevent the recurrence of corrupt practices within his ministry. Even so, he said this step was not easy and he admitted that it was quite difficult because it had to be done thoroughly.

This was conveyed by him after attending an anti-corruption strengthening program for state officials with integrity or PAKU Integrity at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta on Tuesday, November 16.

"We have tried to make various efforts (improvements, ed) including all our friends at the Ministry of Social Affairs. It is a bit difficult, because there are some things that I think need to be addressed from the bottom up," said Risma at a press conference.

In addition to making improvements, his party also continues to work on developing a system that can close the gap in corruption. Although not yet perfect, Risma hopes that in this way the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) can be better than before.

"It's not perfect yet but, God willing, we've become better than before. Not perfect, I say not perfect because there is still some training that I might ask for help with the KPK," said the PDI-P politician.

In this exercise, it is hoped that the anti-corruption commission can provide input for officials and employees at the Ministry of Social Affairs. Thus, the practice of corruption and fraud will no longer occur.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chairperson of the KPK, Nurul Ghufron, said that integrity is indeed an important part of the anti-corruption system. For this reason, the anti-corruption commission then organized the PAKU Integrity by inviting the Ministry of Social Affairs.

"What is really important is that integrity talks about commitment, if the commitment is to serve the people, complete the responsibilities imposed by the state on us," said Ghufron.

On that occasion, he hoped that Risma could convince his subordinates to work according to his corridor, especially those related to social issues.

"Especially what (should be done, red) the Ministry of Social Affairs is to solve social problems. So that commitment will then be implemented in improvements," he said.

"We hope that the Ministry of Social Affairs is getting better day by day, hopefully there will be no more problems at the Ministry of Social Affairs in the future," concluded Ghufron.