Don't Be Complacent Because The Eradication Of Corruption Is Not Yet Optimal, Jokowi: We Must Be Aware!

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JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appreciates the performance of law enforcement officials including the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in their efforts to eradicate violent crimes in the country. Even so, he asked them not to get carried away because the community thought that what they were doing was not good enough.

This was conveyed when he opened the commemoration of the 2021 World Anti-Corruption Day (Hakordia) which was held at the KPK Red and White Building, Kuningan Persada, South Jakarta.

"Law enforcement officials, including the Corruption Eradication Commission, once again should not be complacent because the public's assessment of efforts to eradicate corruption is still not considered good. We all must be aware of this," said Jokowi in his remarks, Thursday, December 9.

Furthermore, Jokowi acknowledged that Indonesia's Corruption Perception Index (GPA) in 2020 was inferior to neighboring countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam. Thus, improvements need to be made in order to catch up with the three countries.

"Compared to neighboring countries in Southeast Asia, we still need to improve our Corruption Perception Index in 2020," said the former governor of DKI Jakarta.

"Singapore is in third place. Brunei Darussalam is ranked 35. This is in Asia out of 180 countries. Singapore, once again, is in third place, Brunei (Darussalam, ed) is ranked 35, Malaysia is ranked 57, and Indonesia is still ranked 102. We need our hard work to improve the Corruption Perception Index," Jokowi added.

Not only that, he also reminded that the eradication of corruption must be intensified because of the massive attention from the public. According to Jokowi, the problem of corruption is the second thing that must be resolved based on the results of a poll of a national survey agency.

"People place the eradication of corruption as the second problem that urgently needs to be resolved. The first order is job creation, which is desired by the community at 37.3 percent, the second is the eradication of corruption at 15.2 percent, and the third is the price of basic necessities reaching 10.6 percent," he stressed. .

Jokowi said the results of this survey made all law enforcement officers must immediately eradicate corruption. Because this is the root of various problems faced in this country.

"If these three things are seen as a single unit of corruption, they are the root of other problems. Corruption can interfere with job creation, corruption can also increase the price of basic necessities," he concluded.