KPK's Commitment To Guard IKN Development So That It Is Not Corruption

Firli Bahuri/Photo: Public Relations of KPK

JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will monitor the construction of the state capital (IKN) in Kalimantan. This step will be carried out as a form of prevention and monitoring in accordance with the duties and functions regulated by the KPK Law Number 19 of 2019.

KPK chairman Firli Bahuri confirmed that his institution would oversee the IKN project. This was conveyed by Firli while attending a working meeting with Commission III of the DPR RI today or Wednesday, January 26.

"We also carry out activities related to preparation and preventive measures so that corruption does not occur, in the context of the national capital development program in Kalimantan," Firli said in a meeting held at the Parliament Complex, Senayan, Central Jakarta.

The former Deputy for Enforcement of the KPK said that this supervision would be carried out through the Deputy for Prevention and Monitoring.

Firli believes his institution is ready to carry out surveillance in order to welcome this new capital city. This is because the KPK has repeatedly monitored the government's performance in order to prevent corrupt practices.

He even revealed that during 2021, there have been 28 studies issued by the KPK. Including studies related to handling COVID-19.

Then how to control the project?

Deputy for Prevention Pahala Nainggolan has already talked about the strategy to prevent corruption in the new IKN called Nusantara. Quoted from YouTube Transparency International Indonesia (TII), this prevention strategy will be the same as when the KPK prevented corruption in its efforts to handle the COVID-19 pandemic.

"For IKN, prevention is a bit different. If we usually run first and then review the monitoring function, there will be new recommendations for improvement, specifically for IKN, it takes a model like handling a pandemic," said Pahala, quoted from a YouTube show uploaded on Tuesday, January 25 yesterday. .

Pahala explained that the KPK would later join the running IKN team. If later it is found that there is inappropriate management, recommendations for improvement will be issued.

"If there is something that we view that governance is not good, we will immediately write to it for recommendations so that it can be repaired immediately, it doesn't have to go far," he said.

In this way, the anti-corruption commission will become a part of the infrastructure development process. Pahala believes this step will be more effective.

"So the KPK will be part of the IKN development process with all its infrastructure, we think it is a relatively effective prevention effort because it learns from prevention during the program to accelerate the handling of the pandemic," he said.

"We are optimistic about that and our approach is to immediately join the team, give direct recommendations, so we hope that improvements will occur immediately while looking at the model, which hopefully can be replicated in many areas," added Pahala.

As previously reported, the government has just passed the Law on the State Capital which is the basis for moving the capital to Kalimantan. The transfer is targeted to start in 2024.

Later, the agreed capital city named Nusantara will be led by the Head of the Authority who is directly elected by President Joko Widodo