In Order To Know What Happened In The Orbital Satellite Matter, Here Is Menko Mahfud's Explanation

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JAKARTA - Through his Instagram account, Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD explained at length the case of the 123 East Longitude Orbit Satellite case at the Ministry of Defense. This case has indeed attracted public attention because it occurred in 2015-2016.

Mahfud MD admitted that many media crews continued to chase him asking for a detailed explanation of a case that allegedly caused the state to lose hundreds of billions of dollars. Mahfud explained that this problem only came to light when he was in this position.

"When I was appointed Coordinating Minister, I came to know because at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, there was a report that the government had to return to the Arbitration hearing in Singapore because Navayo was sued to pay for contracts and goods that had been received by the Ministry of Defense," Mahfud wrote on his Instagram account. seen by the editor, Wednesday 19 January.

"I then invited the meetings of the relevant parties several times but something was strange. It seems that something is preventing the problem from being clearly opened. Finally, I decided to ask BPKP to conduct a Specific Purpose Audit (ATT)," he continued.

This is where everything is revealed if there are allegations of violations of laws and regulations and the state has been and could continue to be harmed. At that moment, Mahfud made a decision: to stop the meeting and direct the case to be brought legally.

Like a tit for tat, President Joko Widodo also gave full support. Including a number of ministers whose ministries have links in this case. The president's message at the time was that Slot Orbit could be saved.

"Even the Defense Minister and the TNI Commander firmly said that there should be no privileges for corruption from any institution, all must comply with the law. I spoke with the Attorney General, who apparently also stated his readiness to firmly investigate this case," he said.

"The directive was submitted on 4/12/15, but the contract with the company had already been carried out, on 1/12/15. Sorry, in my twitter post it was written the President's directive on 1/12/15. The truth is 4/12 2015," he wrote explaining.

"On 13/10/17, there was another letter regarding the President's direction for the Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs to resolve the problems that arose.

He confirmed that what was being worked on was a series of attempts to rescue Slot Orbit which was held hostage by a problematic contract.

"You have to fight hard to save the Orbit Slot, because the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has given an extension to the use of the slot until November 2024, but by asking for 36 months before that, all contracts and technical specifications are clear. Even though until now (only 34 months left) it has not been done. there are conditions. We hope that the Minister of Communication and Information and the Minister of Defense can overcome this problem," he explained.

"Let's give the AGO the flexibility to handle this. The AGO has already handled the material and is taking professional steps in this regard. We support the AGO," he said.