Six Ministers Jokowi Still Ignore Reporting Assets

Writing of the Advanced Indonesian Cabinet at the State Palace (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - A number of ministers in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet for the 2019-2024 period apparently still have not made a State Organizer's Wealth Report (LHKPN). One of the names of the ministers who have not reported assets and assets is BUMN Minister Erick Thohir.

This was conveyed by KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah. He said, a month after the ministers in the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin's cabinet were inaugurated, several ministers had reported their complete wealth to the KPK, but there were still those whose reports had not been received and were considered incomplete.

"But there are some who still haven't reported it at all," Febri told VOI.id when he was met at the KPK's Red and White House, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta, Wednesday night, November 20.

Apart from Erick Thohir, said Febri, there are several other ministers who have not registered their assets with the KPK, namely Minister of Home Affairs (Mendagri) Tito Karnavian, Minister of Trade (Mendag) Agus Suparmanto, Minister of Villages (Mendes) and Development of Disadvantaged Areas and Transmigration (PDTT). Abdul Halim Iskandar, Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy (Menparkraf) Wishnutama Kusbandio.

In addition, there is also the Head of the Investment and Coordination Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia. Not only ministers, there are also three deputy ministers who have not reported their wealth, namely Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Angela Tanoesodibjo, Deputy Minister of the Environment and Forestry Alue Dohong, and Deputy Minister of Village and PDTT Budi Arie Setiadi.

KPK spokesman Febri Diansyah (Mahesa / VOI)

This former anti-corruption activist said that LHKPN reporting is one way to prevent corruption. Moreover, currently the KPK is asked to do the maximum in preventing corruption in the government sector.

Moreover, Jokowi often asks law enforcement officials to take preventive action first instead of taking action. Jokowi mentioned this during the National Coordination Meeting for Advanced Indonesia and Forkopimda at the Sentul International Convention Center (SICC), West Java, last Wednesday, November 13.

"I entrust this good opportunity, if there is a legal problem and it has been seen at the outset, preventive first, be reminded first. Don't wait for it to happen then ...," said Jokowi at that time, without continuing his statement. in front of regional heads, regional officials, and regional law enforcement officials.

Returning to the LHKPN issue, it is actually not difficult to report the assets owned by state administrators. Moreover, periodic reports can be done simultaneously with annual tax reporting. Not only that, reports can also be made online via e-LHKPN or come directly to the KPK building. Thus, it is quite strange for state officials to refuse to report their assets on the pretext of having difficulty accessing the LHKPN report.

Even Febri joked, officials who do not want to report wealth could happen because they have too many assets and are confused about which assets to report.

"Those who might be resistant, maybe, because they have too much wealth and it's a bit difficult to identify them. Maybe, yes, maybe," he said with a laugh.

However, so far, he said the usual reason officials used for not reporting their assets immediately was because of the difficulty of accessing the system.

Meanwhile, regarding the punishment that would be given if the organizers did not report their assets, Febri said, there was no criminal penalty. The punishment given is limited to administrative punishment in accordance with the commitment of the public officials' superiors.

Seeing the wealth of the ministers of the Advanced Indonesian Cabinet

From the ranks of the Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin ministers in the Advanced Indonesia Cabinet for the 2019-2024 period, there are several ministers who have fantastic wealth. One of them is Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto.

The general chairman of the Gerindra Party is estimated to have assets of up to Rp1.95 trillion. This figure was obtained from Prabowo's LHKPN which was registered on August 9, 2018, or during the 2019 Presidential Election.

Apart from Prabowo, there is also the Minister of Education and Culture Nadiem Makarim, who has a wealth of up to Rp1.4 trillion. This data was obtained from the Globe Asia report in 2018. Nadiem was even listed as one of the 150 richest people in the world.

Finally, the minister for Jokowi who has trillions of assets is the Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy Wishnutama Kusbandio. According to the Networthroll.com report, this media entrepreneur has assets of up to Rp1.45 trillion.

Meanwhile, BUMN Minister Erick Thohir, there is no known accurate data regarding the amount of his wealth. However, he is noted to have a company engaged in the media (broadcast) sector, some of his well-known business lines include Gen FM & Jak FM, Jak tv television station, Mahaka Advertising, out of home media, publishing, also the Daily Republika.

The former head of TKN Jokowi-Ma'ruf is also noted as the founder of TV One and Viva News along with Anindya Bakrie. Not only in the media sector, he also has several sports clubs, namely the NBA Philadelphia 76ers basketball club and Major League Soccer club, DC United.

In addition, Erick Thohir was also noted to have owned the majority stake in Italian football club Inter Milan in 2013. He bought 70 percent of Inter Milan's shares before he finally sold them to Chinese businessmen.