JAKARTA - The Anti-Corruption Youth Action Committee (KAPAK) urges the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to investigate the President Director of PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara, Joao Angelo de Sousa Mota. This examination is because the project of 105,000 pickup trucks and imported trucks from India is suspected of being tainted with corrupt practices.
The demand was conveyed by KAPAK which held an action at the Red and White KPK building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday, April 1.
"The Anti-Corruption Youth Action Committee firmly conveys the following demands, first urging the Corruption Eradication Commission to immediately summon and examine the President Director of PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara Joao Angelo de Sousa Mota and conduct an investigation and investigation into the project," said Adib Alwi as KAPAK's Public Relations in the action.
KAPAK assessed that the project to procure hundreds of thousands of vehicles has the potential to be rife with irregularities. This is because the large number of them will be used for the operations of the Red and White Village/Neighborhood Cooperative (KDMP).
In addition to urging the KPK, KAPAK also asked the Financial Supervisory Board (BPK) to conduct a thorough investigative audit. During the process, they asked the government to temporarily stop the import project.
"We also urge a total evaluation of import policies that ignore national industries and the principle of TKDN, urge openness of public documents (feasibility studies, contracts, vendor mechanisms) and urge the establishment of suspects if sufficient evidence is found," said Adib.
KAPAK suspects that there is a practice of collusion and structured corruption in the trillion-rupee project, although the PT Agrinas Pangan Nusantara said the imports were carried out to strengthen village logistics distribution.
"Until now, there has been no open explanation regarding, first, the basis for the procurement needs to reach more than 100 thousand units, second, there is no feasibility study that can be independently tested, and third, there is no calculation of the distribution of vehicle needs per village. Basic questions also arise, do all village cooperatives really need these vehicles? Are the supporting infrastructure available? And will the vehicle be optimally utilized? ", explained Adib Alwi.
KAPAK also highlighted the selection of foreign vendors, especially from India, which was considered not transparent.
"The limitations of vendors also raise serious suspicions, whether the specifications of the vehicle are based on real needs, or are adjusted to the interests of certain vendors? If what is happening is conditioning, then this is no longer a procurement of goods, but a form of market regulation that is full of interests," explained Adib Alwi.
Furthermore, KAPAK questioned the minimal involvement of the domestic automotive industry in the project.
"The decision to import on a large scale without a collaboration scheme, joint production, or technology transfer reflects the weakness of bias towards the national industry and has the potential to be contrary to the principles of TKDN," he said.
KAPAK also highlighted the potential risk of state losses related to the advance payment scheme in the project.
"Serious questions that must be answered, what happens if the project fails? What if the goods do not meet specifications? Who is responsible if there is a loss? These questions should be answered before the contract is in place, not after the problem arises," he said.
According to Adib, the claim of budget efficiency in the project also needs to be tested independently so that it does not become a justification for an unreasonable price.
"Looking back at various procurement cases in Indonesia, many major scandals start from projects that run fast but have little transparency, this case is not only about procurement of village logistics vehicles. This is a real test of the state's commitment to maintaining the integrity of public financial management," concluded Adib Alwi.
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