Call TII, Mahfud MD, Find A Way To Improve The Decreased Corruption Perception Index

JAKARTA - The Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs (Menko Polhukam), Mahfud MD invited the Secretary General of Transparency International International (TII) Danang Widyowoko and the TII Research Manager Wawan Suyatmiko to his office.

The invitation was delivered after TII stated that Indonesia's Corruption Perception Index (IPK) had decreased compared to the previous year.

Mahfud's intention to summon both of them was to find a way to improve the decreasing assessment because it is important to involve civil society like TII to overcome this.

"I deliberately invited Mas Danang and Mas Wawan to take steps forward so that this country would be better, more investment friendly," Mahfud said after meeting the two as quoted in his written statement, Thursday, February 25.

In the future, Mahfud said that there are several things that must be done to improve Indonesia's low GPA. First is to accelerate economic recovery and it is hoped that the Omnibus Law Law can help show positive results.

In addition, improvement in handling the COVID-19 pandemic and handling political upheaval also need to be done. "Especially those that are discriminatory and conflicts between community groups can be reduced," he said.

Meanwhile, after the meeting, Danang admitted that he would immediately formulate more operational recommendations related to the powers and policies that could be taken by Mahfud.

"Later we will discuss a lot with his staff for more detail briefing on the findings of the survey. What are the implications, then the policy is to reverse it so that (Corruption Perception Index, ed) does not decrease again," explained Danang.

Previously reported, the score of Indonesia's Corruption Perception Index in 2020 fell by three points to 37 from a score of 40.

Based on this score, in the Southeast Asia region, Indonesia is ranked fifth. Meanwhile, in first place is Singapore with a score of 85. Furthermore, in second place there is Brunei Darussalam with a score of 60, Malaysia with a score of 51 and Timor Leste 40.