Compass Research And Development Recorded 48.2 Percent Of Public Dissatisfied With Its Performance, KPK: This Is Not Just An OTT Issue

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JAKARTA - The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) appreciates the results of a survey issued by Litbang Kompas which stated that 48.2 percent of citizens/respondents did not believe in the performance of the institution.

However, this institution emphasizes that eradicating corruption is not only a matter of how many perpetrators are arrested through hand arrest operations (OTT) or other actions.

Acting KPK Spokesperson for Enforcement, Ali Fikri, said that efforts to eradicate homicide practices should also take into account the prevention efforts that have been carried out so far.

"It is also important for the KPK to provide additional public understanding that the performance achievement of eradicating corruption is not only a matter of how many corruption perpetrators are caught by the KPK," said Ali in a written statement, Monday, March 21.

The results of the Kompas Research and Development survey conducted on February 22-24 which was attended by 506 respondents stated that 48.2 percent were dissatisfied with the KPK's performance.

As many as 34.3 percent of respondents said that this dissatisfaction arose because the performance of the KPK Supervisory Board was not optimal; 26.7 percent due to a decrease in the number of OTT; 18.7 percent cited a lot of controversy; and 11.1 percent are dissatisfied with the leadership's image.

Ali said an assessment from the survey was needed to make improvements. "Moreover, the public is the main stakeholder who receives benefits from the work of the KPK," he said.

"However, the success of eradicating corruption is also important, measured by how well we are able to cover corruption-prone points and how well we can make people aware not to commit corruption," Ali added.

He also emphasized that his institution is now not only focused on enforcement or prevention but also education. In fact, the KPK has consistently measured the achievements of eradicating corruption, one of which is through the Integrity Assessment Survey (SPI).

From the results of this SPI, continued Ali, many instrument recommendations for improvement were produced. Thus, this survey can have a systemic impact on efforts to prevent corruption in an implementation that can be applied by every ministry, institution, regional government, and other agencies being measured.

"We should be optimistic about the performance of eradicating corruption in Indonesia," he concluded.