KSP Explains The Reasons For President Jokowi's Speech Does Not Mention Human Rights And Corruption

JAKARTA - Deputy V of the Presidential Staff Office, Jaleswari Pramodhawardani, explained the reasons why Indonesian President Joko Widodo's speech at the MPR Annual Session did not mention human rights and corruption issues.

In his speech, President Jokowi raised more questions about the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"The special topic of the COVID-19 pandemic is a form of attention from the President not only as the head of government, but also as the head of state who seeks to capture the pulse of the challenges that are being faced by Indonesia as a nation," Jaleswari said, quoted by Antara, Tuesday, August 17.

He emphasized that no one can deny that the COVID-19 pandemic, which has lasted more than 16 months, has drained the energy of all levels of society.

The momentum of the state speech on August 16, he said, became the attention of all elements of the nation. Therefore, this momentum is used as much as possible to unite the nation that is being tested to be more united and help each other so that they can get out of the pandemic immediately.

He emphasized that regarding the issue of human rights and the issue of dealing with corruption, the President has clearly said that although the Indonesian people are very concentrated in dealing with health problems, the attention to the big agendas towards an Advanced Indonesia has not diminished in the slightest.

"The big agenda towards an advanced Indonesia, of course, needs to be interpreted to include human rights issues and the issue of dealing with corruption. This is proven in the track record of policies taken by the President in his government phase from year to year," he said again.

For the field of human rights, he gave an example, there has been Presidential Regulation no. 18 of 2020 concerning the National Medium-Term Development Plan for 2020-2024, one of the focuses of which is the handling of gross human rights violations through efforts to fulfill the rights of victims, up to Presidential Regulation Number 53 of 2021 concerning the National Action Plan for Human Rights in 2021-2025 which focus on women's target groups; child; persons with disabilities; and indigenous groups.

Meanwhile, for issues related to handling corruption, there is Presidential Regulation no. 54 of 2018 concerning the National Strategy for Corruption Prevention which is the basis for corruption prevention actions every two years, including the current one, until the establishment of Government Regulation no. 24 of 2018 concerning Electronically Integrated Business Licensing Services or also known as the Online Single Submission (OSS) system which was formed to support efforts to prevent corruption and money laundering.