Make A Study On Pre-Employment Cards, KPK: We Heard Public Voices

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) stated that since the beginning, it was never involved in the preparation of the Pre-Work Card program. Acting Spokesperson for the KPK in the field of prevention Ipi Maryati said that his party conducted a study related to problems in the Pre-Work Card program after hearing public complaints.

"We heard public voices regarding unqualified registration, and those who registered were not the main target for the Pre-Work Card program," said Ipi in a written statement, Tuesday, June 23.

In addition, another reason for the KPK to make a study on the Pre-Work Card program is because this institution has committed to oversee the reallocation of the budget for handling COVID-19 by the central and regional governments.

It is known, the Pre-Work Card program is one of the government assistance programs in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic with a budget of up to IDR 20 trillion for 5.6 million target participants.

Ipi explained, although he was not involved from the start about this program. However, the KPK then conducted a study of the program as a monitoring task implementation. Moreover, on 6 May, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto and related ministries visited the KPK.

During the visit, Ipi said, Airlangga explained in detail about this program and opened up space for anti-graft agencies to make improvements.

"The KPK welcomes with enthusiasm to provide recommendations for improvements so that this program can run well in the future, is right on target, and in accordance with its objectives," he said while explaining that the KPK had presented its recommendations for the Pre-Work Card program.

"Currently, the Coordinating Minister for the Economy is making improvements in accordance with the recommendations of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) which includes regulations and procedures for the Pre-Work Card Program," he added.

Some time ago, the KPK has provided seven points of recommendation to the government regarding the implementation of the Pre-Work Card program. This recommendation was given, after this anti-graft agency conducted a study and found a number of problems.

First, the KPK recommends that the targeted participants do not need to register online to become program participants but be contacted by the executive management. The reason is, in its study, this anti-graft agency found only a few workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic who had registered themselves into this program.

Second, the KPK suggested that the face recognition feature should not be used, but simply using the NIK.

Third, the KPK encourages the government to ask for a legal opinion from the Attorney General's Office regarding the collaboration of eight digital platforms in the Kartua Prakerja program whether it is included in the provision of government goods and services or not.

Fourth, the KPK emphasized that digital platforms must not have conflicts of interest with training providers.

Fifth, curation of training materials and online feasibility should involve competent parties in the training area and be written in the form of technical instructions.

Sixth, training materials identified as free training through the internet must be excluded from the list of training provided. The results of the KPK study showed that of the 327 samples of training provided, 89 percent were available for free on the internet.

Finally, the KPK asked that the implementation of online training must have a control mechanism so that it is not fictitious.