Many Entrepreneurs Become Suspects, KPK: Consistent Every Year The Crime Of Licensing And Procurement Bribery

JAKARTA - Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Pahala Nainggolan said many businessmen were suspects in bribery corruption. The provision of bribes from the private sector is usually related to obtaining permits and procurement projects.

"Statistically, at the KPK, the private sector has the most corruption and if we look at the criminals charged with bribery," Pahala said as quoted from the Indonesian KPK's YouTube, Saturday, November 27.

"Consistently every year the perpetrators are private and the crime is bribery. Therefore, prevention must definitely go there and if you look again the bribes don't go far from permits, procurement of goods and services with various models and stories," he added.

Seeing these conditions, the KPK, especially at the deputy for prevention, felt that it had to start to intervene so that corrupt practices in the form of bribery would no longer occur. Pahala said, there are three steps that will now be carried out by cooperating with the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce (KADIN).

The first step is to certify a number of people in a company. The goal is that they can guide their other friends regarding the limits of corruption.

"We offered to have a certification first, the idea suddenly looks like this in every company at least there is one person who can be asked if this is a bribe or gratuity, is this halal or not, now that person is certified as an integrity development expert," said Pahala.

Second, it can be directly through the company. The trick is that each company is asked to implement an anti-bribery management system that is not inferior to ISO 37001.

"We do not endorse anything that is used. As long as the company has guidelines for implementing an anti-bribery management system, we think it is sufficient. Whatever the name, you may want ISO, the KPK also issues guidelines.

The final step is related to the business environment. According to him, because of the need for good business relations between entrepreneurs and the government, the KPK established Regional Advocacy Committees (KAD) in 34 provinces.

"The name is scary. But the point is just how the provincial Kadin with all the sectors under it can sit together with the government with the system in government for what complaints," said Pahala

"If the business is difficult, we won't take care of it, but if the business is difficult because we don't bribe, then we will take care of it. Some regulations that are excessive from the local government, we invite to one table and we try to change regulations," he concluded.