JAKARTA - Public prosecutor of the Attorney General's Office Roy Riadi said that the governance at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology or Kemendibudristek in the era of Nadiem Makarim's leadership tends to rely on the closest people.
"The ministry's management during the term of office of the defendant Nadiem Anwar Makarim and his friends tends to rely on people in his immediate circle rather than official officials who understand the intricacies of education," he said in an official statement received in Jakarta, Antara, Tuesday, January 27.
The governance, he said, resulted in the emergence of a very exclusive and closed leadership pattern in the environment of the Ministry of Education and Culture.
"This resulted in an extreme communication gap where officials at the level of directors were reported to never meet directly or receive evaluations from their ministers," he said.
Roy also said that the neglect of experts and authorized officials had resulted in the systematic destruction of the national education system.
He said the impact of this mismanagement was reflected in the low literacy quality and average IQ of Indonesian children, which is currently at 78.
"That is very low compared to countries in the Southeast Asian region," he said.
Therefore, he emphasized that the corruption acts committed by the defendants in this corruption case were not merely ordinary criminal acts, but were categorized as white collar crime or a very extraordinary white collar crime.
Nadiem Makarim is accused of committing corruption to the detriment of state finances worth IDR 2.18 trillion in the corruption case of the education digitization program in the form of the procurement of Chromebook laptops and Chrome Device Management (CDM) in the Ministry of Education and Culture environment in 2019-2022.
Corruption, among others, was carried out by carrying out the procurement of learning facilities based on information and communication technology in the form of Chromebook laptops and CDM for the 2020, 2021, and 2022 fiscal years which were not in accordance with the procurement planning and procurement principles.
In detail, the losses caused by the state include Rp1.56 trillion related to the education digitization program at the Ministry of Education and Culture, as well as 44.05 million US dollars or the equivalent of Rp621.39 billion due to the procurement of CDM that is not necessary and not useful in the education digitization program.
With this act, Nadiem is suspected of having received money amounting to IDR 809.59 billion originating from PT Aplikasi Karya Anak Bangsa (PT AKAB) through PT Gojek Indonesia.
It is stated that most of PT AKAB's money comes from Google's investment of US$786.99 million.
The alleged act was carried out together with three other defendants who have been tried, namely Ibrahim Arief alias Ibam, Mulyatsyah, and Sri Wahyuningsih, as well as Jurist Tan, who is currently still at large.
This can be seen from Nadiem's wealth which is recorded in the State Officials Wealth Report (LHKPN) in 2022, namely there is an acquisition of property in the form of securities worth IDR 5.59 trillion.
For his actions, the former Minister of Education and Culture is threatened with a criminal penalty as stipulated in Article 2 paragraph (1) or Article 3 in conjunction with Article 18 of Law (UU) Number 31 of 1999 concerning the Eradication of Corruption as amended and supplemented by Law Number 20 of 2001 jo. Article 55 paragraph (1) of the Criminal Code.
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