Want Bureaucratic Reform To Run Well, Ministry Of Agriculture Ensures Auction For KKN Free Echelon I-II Positions

The Head Office of the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta. (doc. Ministry of Agriculture)

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) emphasized that the auction process for the positions of Echelon I and II, which was opened by the Minister of Agriculture (Mentan) Andi Amran Sulaiman until January 5, 2024, will take place in a clean and free manner from corrupt, collusion and nepotism (KKN) practices. "Pak Minister of Agriculture firmly said that no party will be able to influence anyone. The independent and professional Pansel team will select the best officials to make the ideals of food self-sufficiency successful," said Head of the Public Relations and Information Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture Kuntoro Boga Andri in Jakarta, Tuesday, December 2, in addition to the factor of minimizing the KKN incident and its impact with law enforcement, Kuntoro also explained that Minister Amran wanted a refresher of several positions in the Ministry of Agriculture which had not been rotating for a long time or empty. Quitely many positions will also be restored or empty. He wants bureaucratic reform in the Ministry of Agriculture to continue and be good", said Kuntoro. In the previous term as Minister of Agriculture, namely 2014-2019, Amran was consistent and firm not to mess with crimes in the food sector and prevention of KKN in the Ministry of Agriculture bureaucracy, and as a result, Indonesia was able to achieve three times the strategic food self-sufficiency in 2017, 2019 and 2020.

Amran has processed the demonstration and mutation of more than 1,500 problematic Ministry of Agriculture employees and has policed 700 food mafias. In addition, he has also developed a gratification control system within the Ministry of Agriculture, and rejected all gratuities in any form. For this effort, the Ministry of Agriculture won the KPK award on the commemoration of the 'World Anti-Corruption Day' in December 2017 in the 'Best Gratification Control System' Category. He has consistently (Amran) until now ensured that there is no violation of the law in any operational implementation of the Ministry of Agriculture and procurement of goods and services, "said Kuntoro.