KPK Doesn't Want Its Performance To Be Measured By How Many People Are Arrested

Illustrations (Irfan Meidianto / VOI)

JAKARTA - Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Firli Bahuri said the performance of his institution could not only be measured by how many people were arrested. This was conveyed when he exhibited the work of his institution at Commission III of the DPR RI, Wednesday, January 26.

Initially, Firli revealed that throughout 2021 the KPK had investigated 127 cases; 108 investigations; 122 prosecutions; 95 cases declared inkracht or legally binding; and that have been executed are 95 cases.

"With the number of suspects in 2021, the KPK has detained 123 people," said Firli in a meeting held at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Central Jakarta.

Furthermore, Firli revealed that his institution had returned state losses of Rp. 416.9 billion through efforts to take action and deposited Non-Tax State Income (PNBP) of Rp. 203.59 billion.

"In addition, the KPK is also working hard in the context of preventing corruption. Therefore, through coordination and supervision, it saves state finances amounting to Rp. 114.29 trillion," he said.

The former Deputy for Enforcement of the Corruption Eradication Commission RI later said that prevention, coordination, and supervision efforts were also an important part of the performance of his institution. This is because the performance of the institution cannot only be measured by how many people have been prosecuted.

"Why is it prioritized to prevent coordination and supervision because in fact our performance is not only measured by how many people are detained, not how many people we arrest, but our performance must also be measured how we can prevent corruption from happening," said Firli.

"And if there is corruption, the corruption will not happen again and this is in line with the President's mandate to the KPK. The performance of law enforcement officers is not only measured by how many people are imprisoned, but it must be measured that the perpetrators of corruption do not repeat themselves," he concluded.