In The DPR, The AGO's Jampidsus Unveils 3 Strategies To Save State Finances From Corruption

Hearing meeting (RDP) of Attorney General's Office with Commission III DPR/PHOTO: Nailin In Saroh-VOI

JAKARTA - Commission III of the DPR held a hearing with the Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes (Jampidsus) and the Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes (Jampidum) at the Attorney General's Office.

Jampidsus Febrie Adriansyah in the meeting revealed that the AGO has three strategies to optimize the rescue of state finances through handling corruption.

First, the AGO does not only punish individual legal subjects to create a deterrent effect. However, it is also the subject of corporate law in order to obtain Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP).

"Criminalization is not only directed at individual legal subjects for a deterrent effect, but will also generate state revenue because corporations as perpetrators of criminal acts will be punished to pay a fine," said Febrie in a meeting with Commission III of the DPR, Wednesday, March 23.

Second, regarding the application of Article 2 Paragraph (1) and Article 3 of the Law on the Eradication of Criminal Acts of Corruption. Febrie said, this does not only focus on proving the element of harming state finances, but also harming the country's economy.

So far, said Febrie, law enforcement officials have only focused on restoring state finances. Meanwhile, the state's economic losses due to corruption have not become the standard of handling.

"This causes the level of state economic recovery that is often not commensurate with the opportunity costs and multiplier economic effects that arise as a result of the occurrence of criminal acts of corruption," said Febrie.

The third strategy is the application of money laundering (TPPU) in corruption cases.

"The consistent application of the crime of money laundering, in addition to a deterrent effect, is also an effort to save state finances and non-tax state revenues or PNBP," explained Febrie.

Febrie also revealed that until March 18, 2022, the achievement of the PNBP target from the special and general criminal fields had reached 27.17 percent or around Rp. 97.28 billion.

The AGO, he said, had exceeded the PNBP target from the field of special and general crimes in 2021 with an achievement of 197.01 percent.