JAKARTA - Member of the DPR from the PDIP faction, Andreas Hugo Pareira, clarified the criticism of his party mate, Said Abdullah, who said that an economy minister was busy running for presidential elections. According to him, what Said said was evidence of the supervision carried out by the DPR so that the ministers remained focused on their work.
"The DPR has a supervisory function, so if Mr. Said conveys that as a minister, he will focus on his work," said Andreas at the DPR Building, Thursday, November 11.
The member of Commission I of the DPR said that there is no prohibition on the socialization of ministers wanting to run for president as long as the person concerned does not use state facilities. It should be remembered, he said, that ministers are assistants to the president whose performance is assessed and monitored by the DPR. "The DPR carries out supervision, there is no questioning the campaign minister or spreading charm. As long as the minister's performance remains good, of course he will work seriously to show that he wants to be a presidential candidate. Logically if he wants to be a presidential candidate he must show a good performance and that benefits the government, "explained Andrew.
"If you use it for a campaign, it will have a negative effect. I still see it as normal. If you use state facilities, it will be wrong," he continued. In fact, Andreas views that if the minister wants to advance, he must show good performance.
"The minister should, if he has the desire to become a candidate in the future, he should show a good performance there for the government. There are already rules that we monitor, but if all this time using state facilities, there must be corruption," said the chairman of the PDIP DPP.
Regarding the picture of the minister plastered on Himbara's ATM machine, Andreas said it was not a matter of good or bad as a minister. But the most important thing is whether the person concerned violates the rules or not. In fact, he said, even the President was OK.
"He is a presidential assistant if he performs well, the government is good. So if you want to move forward, you have to show good performance," said Andreas. Previously, PDIP DPP chairman Said Abdullah satirized the minister of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who was too busy dealing with the presidential election. In fact, there is a minister whose face is said to be showing on a bank ATM. "I found a conflict of interest, an economics minister posted a video of himself on the ATM screen of Himbara bank, I think this is not good," Said told reporters, Tuesday, November 9.
Said Abdullah said President Jokowi's face should be displayed at the Himbara bank ATM. If a minister is showing, he calls it a conflict of interest.
"It is appropriate that President Joko Widodo, not himself, is installed on the ATM screen. Because he is only an assistant to the president. This is just a small example of the conflict of interest," said Said.
The ministers in charge of the state economy are Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto, Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir, Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang, Minister of National Development Planning/Head of Bappenas, Suharso Monoarfa, and Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut BInsar Pandjaitan.
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