KPK Recommendations: Political Parties Funded By The State Budget To Prevent Global Politics

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Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Fitroh Rochicahyanto said political parties should be financed by the state. This step is considered to be able to close the gap in corruption or reciprocal corruption practices.

This was conveyed by Fitroh in a webinar broadcast on the Indonesian KPK YouTube, Thursday, May 15. Initially, he said that the political system in the country made officials who want to occupy certain positions have to spend large capital so that it has the potential to cause corruption.

"I firmly answer the political system which is the main factor in my opinion so that corruption occurs which is quite massive," said Fitroh in the webinar.

"Why? With the current political system, we cannot deny that to become a public official starting from the village head, even the direct election, then the regents, mayors, governors, even at the highest level of the president. With the existing political system, we can see together that it is undeniable that they must issue very large capital, "he continued.

To meet this capital, Fitroh said, it is not uncommon for these officials to usually have investors who will ask for reciprocity in various ways. This condition made the KPK suggest that political parties be financed by the state budget.

"So that the entire process in both the legislative member selection process and the election of public officials are covered by political parties," he said.

In addition, the KPK also asked legislative candidates and prospective executive officials to go through a selection process or assessment. They must be ensured to have integrity other than capacity.

"Because when it comes to capacity, intelligence without integrity, yes, it is very difficult to build anti-corruption awareness. Moreover, being an official has a great opportunity, a great opportunity to steal people's money," said the former Director of KPK Prosecution.

"Yes, the solution is. There is recruitment, there is selection, there are clear parameters to be able to become a candidate. Both legislative candidates and executive candidates proposed by political parties, must have met the standard requirements, then they can participate in matches, it's like, "concluded Fitroh.