TKN Spokesperson Jokowi-Ma'ruf Affirms Suharto As A Corruption Teacher In Today's Memory, November 28, 2018

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JAKARTA Memories of today, seven years ago, November 28, 2018, Spokesperson for the National Campaign Team (TKN) Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin, Ahmad Basarah emphasized Suharto as a teacher of corruption in Indonesia. The father-in-law of Prabowo Subianto is considered the culprit of the miserable people.

Previously, Prabowo stated that corruption in Indonesia was like stage four cancer. Corruption takes place in all lines even up to the ministerial level. Prabowo called for government reforms so that they could eradicate corruption.

Jokowi-Prabowo's competition is heating up in the face of the 2019 presidential election. Both of them started attacking each other's respective programs. Prabowo for example. He often attacks ulcers from the Jokowi government.

He often quipped Jokowi's performance, who often defended the duit. Jokowi's policy was made to only protect certain groups. All Indonesians do not get the space needed. People's lives have fallen to the lowest level.

A condition that Prabowo considers to be abandoned. As a result, the political elite pro Jokowi could take advantage of the poor. They were given some assistance such as rice, and were asked to choose their benefits in the election. Prabowo thinks it should be abolished.

The same criticism was also directed at the practice of corruption of the Indonesian political elite. The statement was made by Prabowo at The World in 2019 Gala Dinner held by The Economist magazine at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Singapore on November 27, 2018.

Prabowo emphasized that corruption in Indonesia is like stage four cancer. Corruption takes place in all lines, from the level of regional heads to the minister. Corruption has become an extraordinary crime. This means that the impact of corruption has a great destructive power.

The people are always victims. Eradication of corruption cannot only be done with ordinary breakthroughs. Prabowo thinks that Indonesia needs to reform so that corruption can be reduced.

"What I think is most urgent, what is needed now is to form a team of the nation's children who are the best and most intelligent with high integrity to reform and form a clean and anti-corruption government. The main issue in Indonesia now is the rampant corruption, which I think is like stage four cancer," said Prabowo as quoted by sambukompas.com, November 27, 2018.

Prabowo's statement turned out to be a polemic. Jokowi's camp, who was Prabowo's rival in the 2019 presidential election, did not accept it. This accusation was considered by the Jokowi government to have failed to fight corruption. TKN spokesman Jokowi-Ma'ruf, Ahmad Basarah spoke up.

He insinuated that the outbreak of corruption itself was the result of the work of his father-in-law, Suharto. Ahmad considers Suharto to be a teacher of corruption in Indonesia on November 28, 2018. Corruption in the Suharto and New Order era was considered to make the people suffer.

Indonesia has reached a major crisis because of it. Prabowo is also considered part of the New Order. Already of course understand very well how corruption is in the New Order.

"So, the teacher of Indonesian corruption in accordance with TAP MPR Number 11 of 1998 is former President Suharto and that is Mr. Prabowo's former father-in-law. Therefore, our country has made corruption an extraordinary crime, so let's deal with eradicating corruption in extraordinary ways. Not just by blaming one party and another, this is our common homework, "said the politician from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle as quoted by page-ompas.com, November 28, 2018.