Cooperating With The Attorney General's Office To Prevent Corruption In DKI, Governor Anies Baswedan: God Willing, Governance Will Be Better

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan signed a cooperation agreement between the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government and Regional Owned Enterprises (BUMD) with the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office to prevent corruption.

"We in DKI are committed to being able to implement the program by adhering to the principles of good governance," said Anies Baswedan after signing the cooperation agreement at Jakarta City Hall, Antara, Thursday, March 31.

At the signing of the cooperation agreement, the Governor of DKI Jakarta also included 15 BUMD owned by the DKI Jakarta Provincial Government. "This collaboration with the DKI High Prosecutor's Office is for optimizing good governance within the DKI Provincial Government, including BUMD," said Anies.

In the cooperation agreement, there are four agreed rights, namely the provision of legal opinions, assistance in planning and implementing programs, especially those that have the potential for abuse (fraud).

Furthermore, the DKI High Prosecutor's Office also assists in dispute resolution efforts through deliberation and assistance, as well as supervising special implementations in handling the COVID-19 pandemic, starting from social assistance, vaccination, to oxygen distribution.

With the supervision from the High Prosecutor's Office, Anies hopes that there will be an improvement in governance in DKI Jakarta to become more systemic.

"This is very significant for us in DKI, both the service and the ranks of BUMD, today we are signing the agreement and we hope that with the assistance, guidance, and direction from the Kajati, God willing, the governance implemented in DKI can run better," he said.

Anies added that the compliance rate for integrated corruption prevention in Jakarta increased from 76 percent in 2020 to 90 percent in 2021 based on data from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK).

"The integrated corruption prevention figures from the KPK place DKI as the green category or the best in that category," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the DKI Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office, Reda Manthovani, said that the cooperation is expected to provide support for the smooth development of Jakarta.

"The presence of the DKI High Court is for stabilization, facilitating, avoiding legal problems in the future," he said.