The Rehabilitation Of ASDP Directors Is Assessed As A Risk Of Removing The Recovery Of State Losses

JAKARTA The founder secretary of Indonesian Audit Watch (IAW), Iskandar Sitorus, assessed that the rehabilitation decision of three former directors of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) needs to be reviewed. He emphasized that the issue of rehabilitation was not in agreement or disagreement with the President's decision, but in the potential loss of state loss recovery which had previously been decided by the court.

Iskandar said the process of applying for rehabilitation moved very quickly, starting with the aspirations of the community, families, and political figures who felt the court's decision was unfair. The aspirations were then channeled to the DPR, received by Commission III, and finally forwarded to the Palace.

"The President's decision became legal after the State Secretariat prepared a study, the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs gave legitimacy, the Supreme Court was asked for consideration, and finally the President signed a rehabilitation decision," said Iskandar, Saturday, November 29.

Although the administrative flow is considered not problematic, Iskandar highlighted an important gap that was not mapped, namely the assessment of the state's financial impact on the provision of rehabilitation.

As an audit agency, IAW assessed that there was no public explanation regarding how the study of state losses was submitted to the President. Iskandar said that none of the administrative documents showed a match with the BPK Audit Result Report (LHP) or BUMN losses related to ASDP.

"The president uses his prerogative based on an administrative process that he does not carry out directly, and now the risk is borne by the state," said Iskandar.

IAW emphasized that in criminal acts of corruption, a humanist approach should not erase the obligation to return state losses. Moreover, as a state-owned company, every ASDP-run fund is state money that has a direct impact on the public.

If left unchecked, IAW considers the decision to set a bad precedent and be used in similar cases in the future.

"The president must look again in order to protect the country. The first precedent is a precedent that can be perfected. President Prabowo still has room to review the administrative path of rehabilitation," said Iskandar.

According to IAW, ASDP cases are a reflection of how the bureaucracy can work quickly when the aspirations are strong, but also show a weak control when the state's financial aspects are not strictly guarded.

Iskandar emphasized that IAW's request was not to cancel rehabilitation, but to add a layer of governance so that the recovery of state losses would not be lost when the aspiration line turned into a rehabilitation route.

"Otherwise, this will be the entry point for hundreds of other applications that use aspirations' as a package, but at the expense of state finances at the end," said Iskandar.